John C. Liken / John C. Martini House

Historical marker location:

684 E Main St, Sebewaing, Michigan

( Marker is on East Main Street, 0.1 miles South Beck Street (State Route 25), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2007

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.