Cherry Hill United Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

321 South Ridge Road, Canton, Michigan

( Marker is on South Ridge Road, 0.2 miles south of Cherry Hill Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1986

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.