We are now trying for liberty that requires no blood that women shall have their rights, not rights from you. Give them what belongs to them.
— Sojourner Truth
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park:
A Path to Celebrating Local Black History
Saturday June 22, 2024 9:00am
Assemble at Sojourner Truth Statue on Highland Side
Come to understand the relationship of national abolitionist icons Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass with the Pre-Civil War, local free & enslaved Black community in a guided, narrated walk from the Sojourner Truth statue to the site of Frederick Douglass’s 1858 speech at College Hill.
Guides will draw from two similar but complimentary trails done by Celebrating the African Spirit and the Dutchess County Historical Society:
Trail #1 - 2.6 miles (57 minutes):
The full trail from Sojourner Truth Statue to Frederick site is longer and in a larger context.
Trail #2 - 1.4 miles (30 minutes):
The trail from Sojourner Truth Statue to east side of Walkway is shorter with deeper focus. We will draw from both trails with the idea they can be repeated and new information will constantly be added.
Trail #2 - 1.4 mi (30 minutes)
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