Buffalo Genealogical Society of the African Diaspora

Names of about 200 people from city directories

Buffalo State College

A list of names

Members & neighbors in the 19th century. This dataset was compiled in 2013 and provided to The Buffalo History Museum by Dr. Judith Wellman & associates.

1960-2009

On microfilm in Butler Library at Buffalo State College

Multiple data sets & files here

Includes membership records

Compiled by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

These materials are a small digitized portion of the Nash Collection located in the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center, Archives & Special Collections at SUNY Buffalo State.

These materials are a small digitized portion of the Nash Collection located in the Monroe Fordham Regional History Center, Archives & Special Collections at SUNY Buffalo State.

Various records books digitized by Buffalo State College

Various church record books

Buffalo State College

The Delaware Avenue Baptist Church began as Olivet Chapel, a Sunday School organized in 1874 to serve residents in the North Street area. During this time, the congregation had acquired a small brick carpenter’s shop on Delaware Avenue near North Street to use as a school. Rev. Hotchkiss, pastor of the Washington Street Baptist Church, preached the first sermon in the chapel on September 13, 1874.

By the National Park Service

A short article from the New York State Military Museum

Digitized newspapers from Ontario, Canada, in the 19th and 20th centuries, including "The Voice of the Fugitive," published by African-Americans who had escaped from slavery and settled in Canada

Geography and politics conspired to make New York State a key link in the Underground Railroad. Though often romanticized, particularly concerning the role of Caucasians in its operation, there is no doubt that many fugitives from slavery followed the Underground Railroad on their way to freedom in Canada, or to destinations in safe proximity to the Canadian border. The purpose of this website is to catalogue information on the People and Places of New York that were involved in the activities of the Underground Railroad, and to provide reliable information about their role in African Americans' struggle for freedom.

There is no published book-length history of the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, NY. In the meanwhile, these titles come the closest.

The intention of this site is to compile documentation on what is known, or thought to be known, about URR and related activities in Western New York, and to encourage further research. Presently available only through the Internet Wayback Machine.

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