as pastor of the Congregationalist Talcott Street Church in Hartford, Connecticut. Four years later, Rev. Freeman and family returned to Brooklyn, where he rejoined the congregation at Siloam Presbyterian Church. Freeman served there until his retirement in 1885. Christiana Williams Freeman worked at the Colored Orphans Home in New York City, where she helped protect the children during the New York Draft Riots of 1863. Rev. Freeman died at his home in Brooklyn. Both Freemans are buried at The Evergreen Cemetery in Brooklyn. Legacy and honors The "Home of Amos Noe and Christiana Williams Freeman" is on the Portland Freedom Trail in Maine, and a plaque was installed in their honor. References 1809 births 1893 deaths Activists for African-American civil rights African-American abolitionists Clergy from Newark, New Jersey Congregationalist abolitionists People from New Brunswick, New Jersey People from Rahway, New Jersey Presbyterian abolitionists 19th-century Presbyterian ministers American Congregationalist ministers American Presbyterian ministers Schoolteachers from New Jersey Oneida Institute alumni African-American college graduates before 1865 19th-century American educators 19th-century American clergy