Also of significance, this town was a part of the Underground Railroad. People such as the town's founder, David Hudson, Owen Brown, and his son John were among the most prolific anti-slavery individuals living here. Hudson would hide slaves in his house, Owen assisted in the organization of Hudson as a stop on the Underground Railroad, and John became a nationally known abolitionist after his raid of the federal arsenal, and subsequent execution. However, despite this united front against slavery, the town would become divided in its stance on colonization. Hudson was famously a proponent of it, whereas some individuals became abolitionists, Owen Brown among them. This led to a divide within the town, which made Brown help form the multi-racial Oberlin College, as well as split from the First Congressional Church of Hudson and form the Free Congressional Church, which required an oath against slavery for admission (all information courtesy of The Historical Marker Database, image in original form and courtesy of wikipedia).