Benjamin Silliman

Historical marker location:

227 Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Grove Street and High Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.