along the trail you will also find several locations like thanh farm which was owned by a dutch farming couple that provided safe places to stay, offering escaping slaves food and shelter for the night before they continued their journey north. before they continued their “ourne north. , ., . ~ journey north. there were black and white journey north. there were black and white abolitionists - journey north. there were black and white abolitionists working | and white abolitionists working together to assist freedom seekers and some of those folks stopped at the farm. this site is a stop on the journey. when we finally did the very deep map and archaeological research that the actual site of the time farm is on the property of what is now called chicago s finest marina which is the oldest black owned marina in the chicago region. we oldest black-owned marina in the chicago region. oldest black-owned marina in the chicago region. we are part of chicago the chicago region. we are