Journey Along the Underground Railroad in Jackson, MI

Your group tour kicks off where the

abolitionist movement started!

The area is peppered with locations that were key stops on the Underground Railroad. Visit Jackson Station the longest continually operating passenger rail station in the country –to see where so many slaves made their way to the Canadian border.

Your Civil War journey would be incomplete without a visit to Under the Oaks, the very spot where the Republican Party was born on July 6, 1854. That was one of the initial sparks to the Civil War. See the tales of Michigan Civil War history at Ella Sharp Museum’s display of relics from the first volunteer regiment in the state which came from Jackson.

In May 2023, the Jackson Train Depot was added to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Learn more about taking an Underground Railroad tour with local historian, Linda Hass.

Other Jackson

Tours

Walking Tour

If you haven’t heard, there’s a lot happening downtown these days.

Underground Railroad

The area is peppered with locations that were key stops on the Underground Railroad.

Fall Color Tour

Each year, the splendor of fall fills every corner of Jackson, from the grapes harvested for the wineries on the Pioneer Wine Trail, to miles of trails at the lower peninsula’s largest state park.

Prison Tour

Explore the prison mecca that blazed the way for the correctional system we have today.

Underground Railroad & Civil War

Explore the pivotal role that Jackson played in the anti-slavery movement of the 1850s, leading up to four years of American civil war.