Historical Marker

Affair at Cedar Bridge

Historical marker location:
Barnegat, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of 72 and Old Halfway Rd S, on the right when traveling east on 72.)

1776-1783. December 27, 1782.

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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.
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