Post Residence (Historic Marker)

Introduction

Isaac and Amy Post were prominent figures in many movements, including abolition, women’s suffrage, and spiritualism. Their house was a station in the Underground Railroad, holding as many as 15 escaped slaves at a time.³ The Post residence was located in Rochester. A marker currently stands in the house’s approximate location and serves as a reminder for the Posts' significant contributions in the reform movements of this region. Amy Post helped establish the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society in 1842, and many anti-slavery lecturers stayed at her home when coming to Rochester to speak.⁵ Frederick Douglass was one of the many people to visit the Post home.³ This entry is a part of a public history project developed by the RIT Museum Studies program in celebration of the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birth (February 1818). Two photographs representing the item (Post residence) are taken from a scrapbook that is one of two in the collections of the Local History and Genealogy Divisions of Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County Library. An image of the exterior of the Post residence is part of the Monroe County Library System. A fourth image, depicting the historical marker standing today, is a part of the Freethought Trail project.

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