Editing Lansing, Michigan (section)

====Anti-slavery movement====
In the late 1840s to early 1850s, the citizens of Lansing were unified against slavery, and the city became a secondary stop on the [[Underground Railroad]], as one of the last steps of an escape route that led through Battle Creek, Schoolcraft and Cassopolis. From Lansing, the route led to Durand, and then to either Port Huron or Detroit.<ref>{{cite book |first=Birt |last=Darling |year=1950 |title=City in the Forest: The Story of Lansing |location=New York |publisher=Stratford House |chapter=Chapter 3. Revolution: The New Party |pages=34–37}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Wilbur Henry |last1=Siebert |first2=Albert Bushnell |last2=Hart |year=1898 |title=The underground railroad from slavery to freedom |location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company |chapter=Routes through Indiana and Michigan in 1848 as traced by Lewis Falley |page=138 |oclc=562699342}}</ref>