William Ray Perry House

Historical marker location:

6025 Perry Rd, Grand Blanc, Michigan

( Marker is on Perry Road, 0.1 miles east of Juniper Way, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1990

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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.