Historical Marker
Christopher Columbus
Historical marker location:
328 S Main St, Monroe Township, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and Blue Bell Road (County Road 633), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1992
1451 - 1506.
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.