Jeffers Park

Historical marker location:

602 East Genessee Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan

( Marker is at the intersection of East Genessee Avenue and South Warren Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Genessee Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.