Historical Marker
The Sell/Schonsheck House
Historical marker location:
12405 Pardee Road, Taylor, Michigan
( Marker can be reached from Pardee Rd., 0.3 miles north of Northline Road.)
Marker installed: 1993
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.