Lt. Richard Wickes

Historical marker location:

Cape May, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Jackson Street and Lafayette Street (County Route 633), on the right when traveling north on Jackson Street.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.