Captain Clapp Raymond

Historical marker location:

224 Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut

( Marker is on Danbury Road (U.S. 7) 0.2 miles south of Cricket Lane, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.