The Burned Over DIstrict

Central and Western New York

The Burned Over District shaped American religion and politics through much of the 19th century and, in someways, continues to do so to this day. Here was a hotbed of the Abolitionist movement, the "birthplace" of Woman's Sufferage, it was where Utopian movements took root, and Mormonism was born. Ideas and aesthetics of this region are still part of American society and have had an impact on not only this country but the world as well.

Margaret