The Underground Railroad - Marion, OH
N 40° 31.705 W 083° 04.423
17T E 324354 N 4488475
A historical marker about the Underground Railroad is located at a rest area on Highway 23 near Marion, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM5D4E
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2008
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The marker text reads as follows:
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised, and instructed during their journey to freedom. Although this movement was one of America's greatest social, moral, and humanitarian endeavors, the details about it were often cloaked in secrecy to protect those involved from the retribution of civil law and slave-catchers. Ohio's history has been permanently shaped by the thousands of runaway slaves passing through or finding permanent residence in this state.