Underground Railroad Activity in Chambersburg
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deano1943
N 39° 56.262 W 077° 39.671
18S E 272621 N 4424233
Marker located at Main Street and Lincoln Highway.
Waymark Code: WM2G6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2005
Views: 28
Throughout the pre-Civil War period, there were a number of Underground Railroad "stations" in this area, temporary places of refuge for former slaves escaping through the mountainous terrain to freedom in the north. One local Underground Railroad agent was a free black barber, Henry Watson, who assisted fugitive slaves as they passed through Chambersburg, helping to keep them safe and undetected by the slave-catchers and boundy hunters searching for them.
Marker Name: Underground Railroad Acticity in Chambersburg
County: Franklin
Date Dedicated: 01/15/2003
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Main Street and Lincoln Highway, on the northeast quadrant of the "diamond," the public square in Chambersburg
Category: African American, Underground Railroad
Website: Not listed
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