Civil War & Reconstruction
Trail to Freedom
People Enslaved by Conway Leave Falmouth
People Enslaved by Conway Leave Falmouth
In May of 1862, after saving and securing the Conway House, Eliza and Dunmore Gwinn, who had been enslaved by Conway, led a group of at least 42 former Conway enslaved people north to freedom. Some historians say that there may have been more freedom-seekers who joined the exodus and traveled north to Georgetown in D.C., since Conway’s father had enslaved 60 people at one point.
