A few of us made it to John Brown's Farm in North Elba. I'd been trying to get there for several years, and when Gail went in 2018 she was moved by a new permanent exhibit titled "Dreaming of Timbuctoo" that tells the story of Gerrit Smith's efforts to give away lands to blacks so they could have the $250 in property wealth required to vote in NY in the 1840's. John Brown supported Smith's efforts so moved his family to North Elba to help the new landowners get established (as well as transport escaped slaves to Canada). After the exhibit traveled around for several years it was given a permanent home at his farm.
A lovely spot to learn history.
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