Lieutenant Hooper Road

Historical marker location:

Alexandria, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of County Route 579 and Lt. Hooper Road, on the left when traveling west on County Route 579.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.