Charles F. Eastman
Conductor on the Underground Railroad & Entrepreneur
Eastman (1821-1880) was barber, second-hand clothing dealer, mariner and hack driver. He was also a financial supporter of the Abyssinian Meeting House and School.
He owned and operated several barber shops with his four sons, including one on this site. Barber shops were important centers of communication in the anti-slavery movement and aided freedom seekers in changing their appearance.
Marker is at the intersection of Congress Street and North Street, on the left when traveling north on Congress Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
