A new Michigan map highlights stories of people fleeing enslavement in the mid-1800s, abolitionists who assisted them and communities that stepped up to protect people seeking freedom. The Michigan ...

MICHIGAN — Defined as a "network of people" as opposed to a literal train system, the Underground Railroad used codes and top-secret methods to help people across the country escape enslavement. Right ...

Many Michigan towns find their roots along the railroad tracks that connected people nationwide for nearly a hundred years. And while train traffic isn’t what it once was, the impact of railways can ...