A historical feature about the Underground Railroad. A historical feature about the Underground Railroad and the important role Kansas played in the efforts to help enslaved African Americans in their ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Lexington Freedom Train is set to unveil a new monument on Juneteenth to honor the city's Underground Railroad Legacy, officials announced. According to officials with ...

The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio’s Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a ...

DETROIT – To celebrate Black History Month, let’s look back at the important role Detroit had in the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of financial, ...

JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) – Linda Hass is taking a look at history up close. “I’m hoping to broaden people’s perspectives to see that Jackson was much more,” said Jackson Historian, Linda Hass. “To step ...

Soon, next year we are told, the heretofore hidden history of Illinois’ Underground Railroad will begin to be assembled, documented, recorded and made public. And it only took 200 years. Soon, we are ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Scott Shane, who traced the naming of the Underground Railroad back to the writings of the little-known 19th century abolitionist Thomas Smallwood. The ...

There are very few tangible remnants of the Underground Railroad left in North Carolina – but there is a place in Halifax where you can physically touch this incredible history. This small, but ...

Harriet Tubman is the most famous “conductor” of what’s known as the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses that helped enslaved Black Americans in the South escape to the northern United ...

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A curriculum developed by the Massachusetts-based educational center Nature’s Classroom simulates the Underground Experience with elementary and middle schoolers. Now, many adults are publicly talking ...