Old Slave Block - Sharpsburg, MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
N 39° 27.528 W 077° 44.770
18S E 263730 N 4371292
This old slave block and upping stone is located at the corner of Main Street and Church Street near the Antietam National Cemetery and Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA.
Waymark Code: WMA1H3
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Manville Possum
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From Freedom's Run website:

The gas station on the southwest corner is on the site of a house reputed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. The stone labeled as a “slave block” is more probably a carriage stepping stone.

The inscription on this marker reads as follows:

From 1800 to 1865 this stone was used as a slave auction block. It has been a famous landmark at this original location for over 150 years.

The following side photo of the old slave block and upping stone is borrowed from The Historical Marker Database in order to show a side view of the upping stone (I only took photos from the front side - see photo gallery):

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