Historical Marker
Historic Prison
Historical marker location:
128 High Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of High Street and Grant Street, on the right when traveling south on High Street.)
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.