Portland Brownstone

Historical marker location:

Portland, Connecticut

( Marker is at the intersection of Middlesex Avenue and Brownstone Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Middlesex Avenue.)

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.