Historical Marker
Venice Park Honor Roll
Historical marker location:
1800 Gramercy Ave, Atlantic City, New Jersey
( Memorial is on Gramercy Avenue just south of Absecon Boulevard (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling south.)
New Jersey played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North. Many abolitionists in New Jersey helped fugitive slaves, including Harriet Tubman, who is known to have traveled through the state.