Warsaw is a village in Wyoming County, New York in the USA. It is the county seat of Wyoming County and lies inside the Town of Warsaw. The village of Warsaw is near the center of the town in a deep valley. The population was 3,814 at the 2000 census. A branch of Genesee Community College is in Warsaw.
In 1840, a group of abolitionists who had broken away from the American Anti-Slavery Society met in a church in Warsaw to form the United States L...
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Warsaw is a village in Wyoming County, New York in the USA. It is the county seat of Wyoming County and lies inside the Town of Warsaw. The village of Warsaw is near the center of the town in a deep valley. The population was 3,814 at the 2000 census. A branch of Genesee Community College is in Warsaw.
In 1840, a group of abolitionists who had broken away from the American Anti-Slavery Society met in a church in Warsaw to form the United States Liberty Party, the first political party built on a platform of abolishing slavery. While the Liberty Party received little political support in the Presidential elections of 1840 and 1844, it became a rallying point for abolitionist sentiment. In 1848, the Liberty Party merged with groups of "Barnburner" liberal Democrats and "Conscience" Whigs to form the Free Soil Party.
The Village of Warsaw was incorporated in 1843. The central core of the village is known as the Monument Circle Historic District and was listed on the National Register of...
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