Jonathan Trumbull

Historical marker location:

800 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut

( Marker can be reached from Main Street near Central Row, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.