<h2>The Underground Railroad</h2>
Rev. Guy Beckley was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, even though it was a federal crime to help escaping slaves. His house nearby on <a href="/gallery/buildings/1425Pontiac.gif.html">Pontiac Trail</a> was one of several secret "stations" in the area. Caroline Quarlls, who escaped from slavery, stayed with Beckley on her journey to freedom in Canada. Michigan’s Anti-Slavery Society was established in Ann Arbor in 1836. Starting in 1841, its newspaper, <a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-MOAA-X-BL000830%5D… Signal of Liberty</em></a>, which called for the abolition of slavery in the United States, was published in the Huron Block, directly across Broadway from here, by Beckley and his co-editor Theodore Foster. Beckley died in 1847.
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