Gerrit Smith
Underground Railroad Stationmaster and Abolitionist Gerrit Smith’s Annual Birthday Program will be held at 2 pm Saturday, March 5 in the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Street, Peterboro NY 13134. Film maker Paul Miller will present his documentary Searching for Timbuctoo, which captures the history of Smith’s gift of 120,000 acres of land to Black Americans to be eligible to vote.