· Updated January 16, 2025 12:04 AM · 3 min read read
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It is fitting that the same house that welcomed Concord minutemen and esteemed literary figures Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott also welcomed weary slaves struggling for freedom along the Underground Railroad. The Wayside in Concord was a safe house for the fugitive travelers, and is located on the same road that saw the British advance and retreat on April 19, 1775.
In the early 19th century, a group of abolitionists, both whites and freed slaves, established the Underground Railroad
It is fitting that the same house that welcomed Concord minutemen and esteemed literary figures Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott also welcomed weary slaves struggling for freedom along the Underground Railroad. The Wayside in Concord was a safe house for the fugitive travelers, and is located on the same road that saw the British advance and retreat on April 19, 1775.
In the early 19th century, a group of abolitionists, both whites and freed slaves, established the Underground Railroad…
