Historical Marker
Saddlertown
Historical marker location:
500 Rhoads Avenue, Haddon Township, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Rhoads Avenue and MacArthur Blvd., on the left when traveling north on Rhoads Avenue.)
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.