Historical Marker
Thomas Mundy Peterson
Historical marker location:
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
( Marker can be reached from Rector Street, on the left when traveling south.)
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.