National Park Service Underground Railroad
—Network to Freedom —
The Howard County Jail, located at 1 Emory Street, in the Historic District of Ellicott City, Maryland, was the location where freedom seekers and those charged with encouraging enslaved persons to run away or rise up against their masters or similar charges during the age of enslavement were held from January 1852 through the end of slavery in Maryland on November 1, 1864. The Maryland General Assembly passed an act authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Howard District to levy taxes to create the jail. The jail was accepted for use on December 16, 1851. Among the prisoners held were runaways like Augusta Spriggs and Richard Martin, held as a fugitive without a pass.| HM Number | HM2404 |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, December 21st, 2017 at 7:01am PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 344923 N 4348194 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.26923333, -76.79766667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 16.154', W 76° 47.86' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 16' 9.24" N, 76° 47' 51.6" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202, 410, 443, 301 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 3715-3723 Court Pl, Ellicott City MD 21043, US |
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