Liberty Tree Memorial

Historical marker location:

80 Bentley Drive, Harwinton, Connecticut

( Marker is on Bentley Drive, ½ mile south of Litchfield Road (Connecticut Route 118), on the left when traveling south.)

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.