A small downtown park that once honored the nation's first president, a slaveholder, will now be named for a woman who escaped enslavement, helped others do the same, and pushed for abolition and voting rights.
“The renaming of the park as Harriet Tubman Square marks a pivotal moment acknowledging underrepresented histories that all Americans and Newark residents should value,” Baraka said in a statement.
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy said in a statement that, “as New Jerseyans, can feel pride in our state’s role in the Underground Railroad. At the same time, however, we cannot forget that New Jersey was the last of all northern states to abolish slavery.”
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