Neilsen Log Cabin

Historical marker location:

47275 Sugarbush Road, Chesterfield Township, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from Gloria Goike Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of Sugarbush Road.)

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.