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A potential creation of a Historically Black College/University was a possible reality in Essex County in the Adirondacks under the name of the Rush Academy named after this man affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church(which was founded by James Varick who was born in the Newburgh area in 1750): https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/rush-christopher (4th segment of historical bio)
Gerrit Smith is credited for donating land in Essex County for the Timbuctoo settlement(possible location of this institution), as well as land in the town of Florence in Oneida County to people of African descent and his estate in in Peterboro in Madison County(an Underground RR community, where the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans still live on Elizabeth Street and is home to the Abolitionist Hall of Fame).
Essex County is also where many of those killed in the raid at Harper's Ferry are buried, on John Brown's land in the town of North Elba. a couple of those buried there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerfield_Newby
A potential creation of a Historically Black College/University was a possible reality in Essex County in the Adirondacks under the name of the Rush Academy named after this man affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church(which was founded by James Varick who was born in the Newburgh area in 1750): https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/rush-christopher (4th segment of historical bio)
Gerrit Smith is credited for donating land in Essex County for the Timbuctoo settlement(possible location of this institution), as well as land in the town of Florence in Oneida County to people of African descent and his estate in in Peterboro in Madison County(an Underground RR community, where the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans still live on Elizabeth Street and is home to the Abolitionist Hall of Fame).
Essex County is also where many of those killed in the raid at Harper's Ferry are buried, on John Brown's land in the town of North Elba. a couple of those buried there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerfield_Newby
A potential creation of a Historically Black College/University was a possible reality in Essex County in the Adirondacks under the name of the Rush Academy named after this man affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church(which was founded by James Varick who was born in the Newburgh area in 1750): https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/rush-christopher (4th segment of historical bio)
Gerrit Smith is credited for donating land in Essex County for the Timbuctoo settlement(possible location of this institution), as well as land in the town of Florence in Oneida County to people of African descent and his estate in in Peterboro in Madison County(an Underground RR community, where the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans still live on Elizabeth Street and is home to the Abolitionist Hall of Fame).
Essex County is also where many of those killed in the raid at Harper's Ferry are buried, on John Brown's land in the town of North Elba. a couple of those buried there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerfield_Newby
A related historical reference is of Rev. James H. Nichols, who was born in Binghamton in 1842 and served at the Owego Church: https://books.google.com/books?id=mL...church&f=false (swipe page to the left) It mentions that he served at churches in Chatham, Albion, Amityville, Lockport, Setauket, Glen Cove, Jamestown, Middletown and Rochester. Given that he died in 1899, this illustrates that these Upstate and Long Island communities have long time Black populations/communities.
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