Ithaca’s St. James AME Zion Church, constructed between 1833 and 1836, served a crucial role in the Underground Railroad. As the city’s primary station, the church hosted abolitionist leaders Harriet ...

This week, before emancipation, Appalachia provided pathways to freedom for enslaved people trying to escape bondage. A new ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

The Lawnside Historical Society's camp gives middle school students the opportunity to visit sites tied to the fight for freedom.

LaPorte County Museum to host a free event exploring the Underground Railroad. It will also give information on the Chicago to Detroit Freedom Trail.

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CHURCH CREEK, MD ‒ Arnold Montgomery looks to the future by looking back through Harriett Tubman's eyes. On a recent visit to the rural area where the Underground Railroad's most famous conductor was ...

Lockport approves scenic byway project to highlight Underground Railroad The state is seeking to remember the Underground Railroad with a scenic byway named after Harriet Tubman.

As the young nation expanded westward, so did slavery and the need to escape it. From the 1830s through the Civil War, more than 4,000 enslaved people are said to have escaped to Detroit and Canada by ...