70 Honor Ex-Slave Who Chose ‘Freedom’ As His Adopted Name Boy Scout Tim Simmons, Troop 9, Edmeston, plays taps this afternoon after a historical marker was unveiled honoring Cato Freedom at the Butternut Valley Cemetery, Town of Burlington, where he is buried. A former slave from Norwich, Conn., he won his freedom for fighting with Gen. Ebenezer Huntington’s Continental troops during the American Revolution. More than 70 local historians and history enthusiasts gathered today as Lee Fisher of the NAACP, Oneonta…
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On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Previews Ceremony At Cato Freedom Grave In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), previewed this weekend’s plans to unveil a historical marker at Cato Freedom’s grave in the Town of Burlington. A former slave, Cato Freedom ended his enslavement by enlisting in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He later settled north of Garrattsville. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO…