Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, former home of African American abolitionists.
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House is located in Boston
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
General information
LocationBeacon Hill
AddressPrivate residence: 66 Phillips Street
Town or cityBoston
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°21′37″N 71°04′09″W / 42.360239°N 71.069036°W / 42.360239; -71.069036
Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, 66 Phillips Street, Boston (now a private residence), abolitionists, Underground Railroad station.

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House was the home of African-American abolitionists who had escaped from slavery in Kentucky; it is located in Beacon Hill, Boston. They maintained the home as a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the Haydens were visited by Harriet Beecher Stowe as research for her book, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Lewis Hayden was an important leader in the African-American community of Boston; in addition, he lectured as an abolitionist and was a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, which resisted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.