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John Stout built this home in Montrose, PA, after escaping slavery.
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Helena Cooper was the daughter of a prominent businessman from Bradford County.
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Both faith and education were vital to people from the Northeast corner of the Keystone State. Pictured is the Reverend Arlington Thompson.
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Formerly enslaved individuals settled in Montrose, PA, many rising to respected positions within their communities. Shown here are firemen from Montrose in the late 1800s.
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Those who settled in the Wyoming Valley area after leaving slavery found a place they called home. Descendants of many of those original families still live here today. Shown are James Moss and Bessie Irving Moss of the Wyoming Valley area (Wilkes-Barre).
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The former Silver Lake Bank building, built in 1816, now houses the offices of the Center for Anti-Slavery Studies. CASS is renovating the building with the help of gracious funders and members. It will eventually become a regional research center for Underground Railroad and Abolition history.
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