CV Flatcar

Historical marker location:

120 White Street, Danbury, Connecticut

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of White Street and Balmforth Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Connecticut played a key role in the Underground Railroad, which was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th century. Many abolitionists in Connecticut, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, provided assistance to escaped slaves.