Historical Marker
Massacre at Long Beach
Historical marker location:
Barnegat Light, New Jersey
( Marker can be reached from Broadway, on the right when traveling north.)
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.