105 E. State Street, Doylestown

According to the Doylestown Historical Society it was common at the time for fugitive slaves to seek refuge, employment, food, and clothing in Doylestown homes and farms – staying sometimes for years before, if ever, moving on. It is believed that the home built by Samuel Aaron included hidden stairways and entrances, or other nearby church properties may have been associated with the operation of the Underground Railroad. According to the 1800 census, the DuBois household may have possibly included a person identified as a slave. This person’s actual legal status is unclear, as slavery was abolished in Pennsylvania in 1780, though there exists the possibility he or she was a fugitive slave at one point and had taken refuge.