West Park in Ulster County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Walk To Freedom
June 17, 2015
1. Walk To Freedom Marker
walked this road from
West Park to Rifton
leaving slavery behind
for a life of freedom
Erected 2015 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 231.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1828.
Location. 41° 47.788′ N, 73° 57.723′ W. Marker is in West Park, New York, in Ulster County. Marker is on Floyd Ackert Road south of Park Lane, on the left when traveling south. Next to Joseph H. Clark Recreational Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 131 Floyd Ackert Road, West Park NY 12493, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. John Burroughs (approx. ¼ mile away); Church of the Ascension (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hyde Park RR Station (approx. one mile away); Hyde Park Train Station (approx. one mile away); The Hyde Park Landing Flag (approx. one mile away); The Last "Albany Beef" Caught at Hyde Park
this page online
Also see . . . Sojourner Truth's Walk to Freedom (YouTube, 1.5 min., William G. Pomeroy Foundation). (Submitted on February 3, 2020.)
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, 1863
2. Sojourner Truth seated...
Full title is, per LOC: Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson, James Caldwell of Co. H, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, on her lap
Photograph shows portrait of abolitionist Sojourner Truth wearing polka dotted dress and holding cased photograph of her grandson, who was a prisoner-of-war at James Island, South Carolina between 1863 and 1865.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 31, 2018, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 31, 2018, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. 2. submitted on January 2, 2019. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
