National Park Service Underground Railroad
—Network to Freedom —
The 1843 Howard County Courthouse, Located on Court Avenue in the Historic District of Ellicott City, Maryland, was the location for judicial proceedings related to legal cases involving those charged with encouraging enslaved persons to run away. From 1843 to the end of slavery in Maryland on November 1, 1864. The Courthouse was designed and built of native granite between 1840 and 1843, and is located high atop Capitoline Hill above Main Street in Ellicott City. Arguably, the most famous case involved the transfer of known Underground Railroad agent William L. Chaplin of New York from Montgomery County to Howard County in 1850 but there were many cases involving local free Blacks like that of Warner Cook, charged with enticing those enslaved to run away.| HM Number | HM2409 |
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| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, December 21st, 2017 at 7:02am PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 344827 N 4348079 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.26818333, -76.79875000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 16.091', W 76° 47.925' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 16' 5.4600000000001" N, 76° 47' 55.5" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202, 410, 443, 301 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 8360 Court Ave, Ellicott City MD 21043, US |
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