LeRoy in Genesee County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Anti-Slavery Meetings
Photographed By Bruce Kelly, August 14, 2020
1. Anti-Slavery Meetings Marker
Inscription.
Anti-Slavery Meetings. . Beginning in 1834, the First Presbyterian Church of Leroy was the site of anti-slavery meetings that brought people together to hear abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Amos A. Phelps. Twice the meetings were met by violent protesters who threw rocks and timbers through the windows. Local abolitionist leaders included Seth Gates, Henry Brewster, Samuel Grannis, and Samuel Comstock. Many hundreds of men and women from Western New York attended a three-day convention in this church in January 1841. Accounts of these meetings were recorded in national abolition newspapers and documented in personal letters.
Beginning in 1834, the First Presbyterian Church of Leroy was the site of anti-slavery meetings that brought people together to hear abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Amos A. Phelps. Twice the meetings were met by violent protesters who threw rocks and timbers through the windows. Local abolitionist leaders included Seth Gates, Henry Brewster, Samuel Grannis, and Samuel Comstock. Many hundreds of men and women from Western New York attended a three-day convention in this church in January 1841. Accounts of these meetings were recorded in national abolition newspapers and documented in personal letters.
Location. 42° 58.65′ N, 77° 59.52′ W. Marker is in LeRoy, New York, in Genesee County. Marker is at the intersection of West Main St (New York State Route 5) and Clay St (New York State Route 19), on the right when traveling east on West Main St. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Le Roy NY 14482, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Church at the southeast corner - intersection of NY RT19 and RT5, Leroy, NY
Photographed By Bruce Kelly, August 14, 2020
3. Anti-Slavery Meetings Marker
Presbyterian Church - Leroy, NY
Photographed By Bruce Kelly, August 14, 2020
4. First Presbyterian Church 1826
National Register of Historic Places
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 214 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. 4. submitted on August 15, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
