Historical Marker
"Growing Progress"
Historical marker location:
110 West Jefferson Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan
( Marker is at the intersection of West Jefferson Street and Harrison Street, on the right when traveling west on West Jefferson Street.)
Marker installed: 2016
By Artist Thomas Sheering.
Michigan played a key role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the 19th century. Detroit was an important hub for the movement, and Michigan was the first state in the Northwest Territory to outlaw slavery in 1837.