Historical Marker
Pump House
Historical marker location:
797 Textile Road, Pittsfield Township, Michigan
( Marker can be reached from West Textile Road, 0.4 miles west of South State Road, on the left when traveling west.)
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.