A Haven From Everyday Life

Historical marker location:

Mendham, New Jersey

( Marker can be reached from Jockey Hollow Road near Hardscrabble Road, on the right when traveling east.)

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.