South with the help of “conductors”, or guides. The most famous of these guides was Harriet Tubman.?Slaves escaping North would use a series of “stations”, or safe houses to rest in along the route. ?The paths that slaves traveled towards the North were known as “tracks”.?While slavery was outlawed in the North, escaping slaves were not truly free until they reached Canada.РThis quilt shows the track pattern which told escaped slaves that this was a “station”, or safe place.РLawn Jockeys were used to mark stations on the underground railroad.РHarriet TubmanР8Р9РBethel AME Church?Greenwich TownshipРHolden House?Jersey CityРPeter Mott House?LawnsideРCroft Farm?Cherry HillРWheatley’s?BurlingtonР* In 1745 there were about 4,000 slaves in New Jersey, mostly in the southern part of the state.Р10
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