Description: In the mid-1800s, abolitionist and real estate baron Gerrit Smith devised a “scheme of justice and benevolence” that he hoped would provide refuge to black families. This film reconstructs the nearly forgotten history of that refuge, the pre-Civil War Adirondack settlement of African American homesteaders known as “Timbuctoo.” Paul Miller is an independent writer, filmmaker and photographer and currently serves as Senior Director of Advancement Communications at UAlbany.