Historical Marker
Honor Roll
Historical marker location:
529 N 6th St, Vineland, New Jersey
( Memorial is at the intersection of Cambridge Street and North 6th Street, in the median on Cambridge 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.