Lewis and Harriet Hayden House
| Lewis and Harriet Hayden House | |
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Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, former home of African American abolitionists. | |
Location within Boston | |
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| Location | Beacon Hill, Private residence: 66 Phillips Street, Boston, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°21′37″N 71°04′09″W / 42.360239°N 71.069036°W |
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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.