Formal Parlor Living Room 1800's Home Seward House, A National Historic Landmark, Auburn, New York William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, United States Senator, New York Governor and abolitionist. He was one of the most outspoken anti-slavery politicians of his time. He and his wife were friends of Harriet Tubman. Frances Seward helped Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad by hiding slaves in the Seward House. Seward was elected to the New York State Senate in 1830 where he served…