A local initiative to expand the Underground Railroad Education Center is gaining momentum as an ordinance to sell land in ...

First Reformed Church of South Holland, an Underground Railroad site, will host the Midwest Underground Railroad Network ...

Instead of using the secret routes along the Underground Railroad to find freedom in the North, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to free Black communities in Southern slaveholding states.

Join UMass Lowell history Professor Robert Forrant for a brief talk about the role of St. Anne’s Church in Lowell in the anti-slavery movement and the Underground Railroad (which included ...

From Slave to Millionaire Few people today may know the story of Cynthia Hesdra, a remarkable and successful former slave who resided in Rockland and died the equivalent of a millionaire in 1879. Her ...

An important stop of the underground railroad was right here in the Midstate. William Goodridge, the station master of the Goodridge Freedom Center, was a black man ...

The Cozad-Bates house was not a stop on the Underground Railroad — it was a training ground for abolitionists.

Late last year, residents of Salem, Ohio, unveiled a new statue of Abraham Lincoln as part of a memorial plaza dedicated to America’s 16th president. It is a fitting reminder of the community’s ...

The city came together Saturday morning to honor the history of Alum Creek Trail and the role it played in enslaved people’s ...

A 99-year-old Halifax County woman will display her quilting exhibition that showcases coded imagery of the Underground ...

The Underground Railroad was known for helping many enslaved people escape to freedom. It consisted of a network of people ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...