The UGRR in Dutchess County
Mid-Hudson Antislavery History Project P.O. Box 3647, Arlington, New YorkIn the middle decades of the 18th Century, the Oblong Meeting at Pawling - along with other Quaker communities - were spreading across eastern Dutchess County and points beyond. The area would go on to boast the largest settlement of Quakers outside of Philadelphia. Almost from the beginning, these Quakers found themselves at the forefront…