In central New York, historic preservation groups such as the Preservation League of New York State, the Heritage Foundation of Oswego County, the Preservation Association of Central New York, and the Oswego County Freedom Trail have been actively surveying and documenting sites relating to the Underground Railroad, aboltionism, and African American life. We have defined the Freedom Trail broadly because we believe that we cannot understand how the Freedom Trail operated without recognizing that it was sustained by the larger African American community and by the work of abolitionists, both African American and European American. Even if they did not actually keep freedom seekers in their homes, they created a climate in which this was possible, and they often helped raise money, collect clothing, and find homes and work for freedom seekers who chose to settle in northern communities. For an essay on the Freedom Trail in central New York, a research guide on how we documented these sites, and a list of some of the people and places in Oswego County, see the Oswego County Underground Railroad website at http://www.oswego.edu/Acad_Dept/a_and_s/history/ugrr/. For an essay about the Freedom Trail in Syracuse and Onondaga County, a description of many of the sites we discovered, and a searchable list of people and places affiliated with the Freedom Trail in Syracuse and Onondaga County (including all the African Americans listed in the 1855 census), see the website for the Preservation Association of Central New York at http://www.pacny.net/freedom_trail/.