Port Huron Underground Railroad - Port Huron, MI
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LadyKarine
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This Underground railroad is located in Port Huron, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM173Q4
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2022
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Text on the plaque: Prior to the Civil War, African American slaves, in brave and desperate attempts to flee from slave owners in the Southern states, passed through Port Huron via the Underground Railroad. It was not a real railroad but a system of routes where people opposed to slavery would provide escaping slaves with food, clothing, shelter and encouragement. Sympathetic people hid the escapee in houses and barns by day and then guided them to the next safe ''station'' at night.
Many escaped slaves traveled northward to Michigan in their pursuit of freedom. Some stayed in this state. Others continued their flight into Canada, crossing at Port Huron or other places along the waterway.
Address:
500 Thomas Edison Pkwy
Port Huron, MI US
48060
Open to the public?: Unknown
Name of organization who placed the marker: Thomas Edison Depot Museum
Web site: Not listed
Site Details: Not listed
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