Tappan Hall

Historical marker location:

519 S State St, Ann Arbor, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from South University Avenue near South State Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

1894.

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.