Historical Marker
The Botto House
Historical marker location:
83 Norwood Street, Haledon, New Jersey
( Marker is on Norwood Street.)
Womens Heritage Trail. Maria Botto.
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.