Freedom's Path: The Underground Railroad in Ithaca

10/23/2023

Cornell Historic Preservation graduate student, Kami Cai, presents an ArcGIS StoryMap about the Underground Railroad in Ithaca. This StoryMap narrates and illustrates the stories of eleven houses (in addition to St. James AME Zion Church) that may have served as safe houses for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad.

View the story map here: https://arcg.is/1PvPnX1

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