STOP # 3 - FRANKLIN & WALNUT STREETS

OLD TRINITY CHURCH AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FRANKIN AND WALNUT STREETS.  NOW THE BARBEL ADKINS FAMILY ABUSE CENTER, MAY HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE CANAL.  AFRRED BLACK WOMAN, "AUNTIE GREEN" WAS ATTACKED IN THE CHURCH BY SLAVE CATCHERSWHO WANTED TO SELL HER BACK INTO SLAVERY.  SHE ELUDED THEM AND WAS STARTED ON HER WAY TO CANADA BY THE "NETWORK" WHICH DEFINTELY EXISTED IN TROY.  THAT GROUP USED CANAL BOATS DOCKED AT THE NEARBY REPAIR BASIN TO STOW AWAY FUGITIVES AND TRANSPORT THEM NORTH TO LAKE ERIE AND FREEDOM

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