Bodo Otto

Historical marker location:

Mickleton, New Jersey

( Marker is on Kings Hwy (County Route 551) north of Quaker Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1964

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.