We’ve all surely heard about the Underground Railroad’s land routes slaves used to escape the antebellum South, but did you ...

The ferry operator pulled his large flatboat to the edge of the Virginia shore of the Ohio River. He watched and listened ...

The Underground Railroad was a series of secret routes and safe houses that, by one estimation, enabled 100,000 enslaved people to escape to safety. As opposition to slavery grew in the early ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

The museum in the basement of First Congregational Church of Detroit gives visitors a look at how slaves escaped North to ...

An Underground Railroad exhibit curated by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is hitting the road and will be making ...

offering recipients a glimpse into the historical context and geographical scope of the escape routes. The introduction of the Underground Railroad Forever stamps, which will retain their value in ...

Their home was near important escape routes connecting multiple cities ... 2,000 African-Americans escape slavery via the Underground Railroad over 20 years, providing them with food, clothes ...

Boiling Springs is a charming, scenic village that often flies under the radar—unless you’re a hiker, drawn to its location ...

AUSTINTOWN — If you live anywhere in the Mahoning Valley, chances are great that you’re at or very near a route that was once part of the Underground Railroad. “After 1850, Canada becomes ...

Only a small number of slaves traveled by the organized network of routes, "conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad ... life. To escape the deep South and ...