Morris County 9/11 Memorial

Historical marker location:

Mount Freedom, New Jersey

( Memorial is at the intersection of West Hanover Avenue and Raynor Road, on the right when traveling west on West Hanover 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.