Picture courtesy of
Cayuga Museum
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Harriet
Tubman
"The Conductor"
By Carl A. Pierce
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Star Hill
A.M.E. Church
By the
end of the 18th century, this area was home to a
large number of African Americans, many of them freed
slaves. Their settlement was largely due to the efforts of
local Quakers. A congregation of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church was established here circa 1863. On June
12, 1866, the congregation purchased land from Henry W.
Postles as the site for their churc
