Historical Marker
Gorham Boynton House
Historical marker location:
483 West Avenue, Sewaren, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of West Avenue (County Route 611) and S Robert Street, on the right when traveling north on West Avenue.)
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.