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Explore the captivating true story of Timbuctoo, an African American settlement in the Adirondacks, through excerpts from Promised Land: An Adirondack Folk Opera.
Searching For Timbuctoo tells the little-known story of a Black settlement, established in the wilds of upstate New York, that brought together a group of ardent abolitionists willing to risk...
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Timbuctoo Historical Society Newspaper articles about Timbuctoo from the 19th Century. Read about Timbuctoo and its people as they were presented in Timbuctoo’s heyday, including an 1100 word article on the Battle of Pine Swamp, in which Timbuctoo residents overtook “kidnapper” George Alberti and his posse, who “left the scene of their brilliant achievement as if old Satan was after ...
