Historical Marker
United States Post Office
Historical marker location:
142 S James Street, Woodbridge, New Jersey
( Marker is on S James Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095.
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.