Historical Marker
Green Roof! / Renewable Energy Projects
Historical marker location:
1701 Absecon Blvd, Atlantic City, New Jersey
( Marker is on Riverside just north of Absecon Boulevard (U.S. 30), on the left when traveling north.)
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.