into what was then known as british north america, or modern day canada, and freedom. the indiana avenue bridge was built by george dolton and his sons, who were abolitionists back in the 1830s. along with the bridge came a new ferry, which became an integral part of the escape network. along the trail, you ll also find several locations like ton 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 theirjourney north. there were black abolitionists and white abolitionists working together to assist freedom seekers, and some of those folks stopped at the ton farm.
of thousands of escaping enslaved african americans used the underground railroad to push north and finally cross the border into what was then known as british north america, or modern day canada, and freedom. the indiana avenue bridge was built by george dawson and his sons who were abolitionists back in the 1830s. along with the bridge came a new ferry, which became an integral part of the escape network. 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 theirjourney north. there were black and white abolitionists working together to assist freedom seekers and some of those folks stopped at the farm.
back in the 1830s. along with the bridge came a ferry which became an integral part of the escape network. 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 theirjourney north. there were black 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 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 are part of chicago but also part of a deep, rich history that has not been told yet and the property was actually used during the underground railroad to hide freedom seekers who were coming from all over,