Franklin County
Malone
The Rev. Ashbel Parmelee was the leading abolitionist in Malone. He was the pastor of the First Congregational Church, a documented site on the New York Underground Railroad Heritage Trail, where anti-slavery meetings were held and where it is believed fugitive slaves were secreted in the basement.
Rev. Ashbel Parmelee
First Congregational Church of Malone, in its basement is a tunnel system retained from the church building it replaced. The tunnels may have been used to secret fugitive slaves.
A section of the tunnel system in basement of First Congregational Church of Malone
1852 Congregational Church building, a door on the side of the church may have been used to provide runaway slaves with access to the tunnel which would have led them to a secret room under the portico.
The site of Malone’s Congregational Church is a documented site on the New York Underground Railroad Heritage Trail....more
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