Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

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 ...

There can be much debate on whether a site was part of the Underground Railroad. Hudson Valley has its share of sites, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The free celebration, in honor of Black History Month, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. February 21 at First Reformed Church.

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 ...