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History of the Adirondacks, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by Alfred L. Donaldson (2015, Trade Paperback)
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SynopsisExcerpt from A History of the Adirondacks, Vol. 2 The great abolitionist John Brown linked his name with the Adirondacks by settling in the Town of North Elba in 1849, and making it his nominal home and headquarters until the Harper's Ferry raid and his subsequent death in 1859. His now historic farm is about three miles from the village of Lake Placid to-day, but then, of course, there was no village nor promise of one. The surrounding country was a sparsely settled wilderness. Gerrit Smith, the wealthy emancipationist of New York, had inherited vast tracts of land from his father. Some of these were in Essex County and in the Town of North Elba. In 1846 Mr. Smith had thrown open one hundred thousand acres of his wild lands to such colored people, fugitive slaves in particular, as would settle upon small tracts and cultivate them into farms. Considerable land was taken up, but mostly in other parts of the State, for Gerrit Smith's enormous holdings lay in over fifty counties. The Adirondack wilderness, for obvious reasons, was the least attractive and least suited to the negro. Its very wildness and remoteness, however, offered a certain security from the slave-hunter, and so by 1848 a few families had settled there. Others were later brought to the spot by means of the underground railway, of which North Elba became a sort of side-track station. As a negro colony it was a failure and soon dwindled away. About this time John Brown heard of Gerrit Smith's scheme and the incipient North Elba colony, and it appealed strongly to his sympathies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Excerpt from A History of the Adirondacks, Vol. 2 The appearance upon the grounds Of a number of very choice and beautiful Devons, from the herd Of Mr. John Brown, residing in one Of our most remote and secluded towns, attracted great attention. And added much to the interest of the fair. The interest and admiration they excited have attracted public attention to the subject, and have already resulted in the introduction of several choice animals into this region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
