New Jersey did not completely eliminate slavery until 1865, while neighboring New York outlawed it in 1827. Please subscribe now and support the local journalism you rely on and trust.

A century before the New Jersey Supreme Court declared Mount ... to enslaved people who dared to venture north on the Underground Railroad. Others were tenant farmers, working land they did ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped ... most prominently in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. In addition to soliciting money, the organizations provided food, lodging ...