Historical Marker
The Third Continental Light Dragoons
Historical marker location:
River Vale, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Red Oak Drive and Rivervale Road, on the right when traveling east on Red Oak Drive.)
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.