"Brewster welcomed to his East Street home some of the earliest abolitionists including Elihu Burritt and Charles Sumner. The house on East Street was a station on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way from the South to Canada and freedom. Apparently, he continued to aid escaping slaves in his East Street home even after the Fugitive Slave Laws were passed and thereby placed himself in legal jeopardy."
Most of the city’s schools were named for prominent community leaders or historic figures, with but a few exceptions. Here is the first of a three-part series looking at how