Newport Academy

Historical marker location:

405 South Main Street, Marine City, Michigan

( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and East St Clair Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1980

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.