Eleazar Wheelock

Historical marker location:

Andover, Connecticut

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 6 and Jonathan Trumbull Highway (Connecticut Route 87), on the right when traveling east on U.S. 6.)

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.