Freedom Road - Elmira, NY

By Dr. Harvey McDonnell

In the quiet folds of Chemung County, where the Chemung River winds like a ribbon of memory through valleys once trod by Native nations and Revolutionary soldiers, lies a town that holds secrets deeper than its soil. Elmira, New York-modest, industrious, and northern-was far more than a dot on the map of the antebellum North. It was a crossroads of conscience and courage, a place where freedom seekers fleeing the cruel grip of slavery found sanctuary, allies, and passage. This is the story of hidden doors and whispered prayers, of iron rails and iron wills, of the everyday heroes-black and white, rich and poor, known and forgotten-who carved out a covert path northward. This is Freedom Road, and its heart beats in Elmira.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FJS6611B
• ISBN13: 9798293784516
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"