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Photographer: Courtesy of Onondaga Historical Association
Caption: Marker detail: Samuel J. May (1797-1871)
and Unitarian Church (Church of Messiah)
Additional Description: The church, built in 1843 at the southeast corner of Burnet Avenue and State Street, became a major center of Underground Railroad activity in Syracuse under the leadership of Rev. Samuel J. May (who served this church-from 1845-1868). Associated with William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society, May championed nonviolence and women's rights as well as abolitionism.
Submitted: September 4, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p491278
File Size: 4.589 Megabytes

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