Write a commentThe New Haven Congregational Church and the Town of New Haven History Center will be dedicating a Historic Roadside Marker honoring the 200th anniversary of the church next to the church on Friday June 30th at 6:00 PM.
The church was formed on June 30, 1817 and the building was erected in 1824. The congregation was active in the abolition movement. On February 21, 1839 the Oswego County Anti-Slavery Society met at the church to discuss passing a resolution stating: “The members of this society agree to advance the cause of the oppressed slave and his right to his personal freedom and the duty of the master to yield it to him; and that in all lawful and constitutional ways they will act for the immediate removal of this abominable system of personal bondage; and that they will not give their suffrages at the general election for any man who does not give evidence of his regard for the Principles of freedom, by having identified himself with the cause of abolition, and become a member of an Anti-Slavery Society.”
The Historic Roadside Marker reads:
HISTORIC CHURCH
FORMED JUNE 30, 1817
AS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
OSWEGO COUNTY
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY MET
HERE FEBRUARY 21, 1839
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017
The Historic Roadside Marker was purchased with funds from a grant by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
Photo Caption: Historic Roadside Marker from William G Pomeroy Foundation Commemorating 200th anniversary of New Haven Congregational Church.
