The Polo Historical Society creates a new account of the buried history of families and abolitionists who supported freedom ...

The set of 20 stamps features freedom seekers and those who helped others escape, as well as a map illustrating the broad paths they took and an explanation of the Underground Railroad Network to ...

Step into the past and immerse yourselves into the story of a safe house owner in Illinois during “Explore the Underground Railroad” with historian and actor Terry Lynch. Learn how these houses played ...

Ohio's newest historical trail pays tribute to the Underground Railroad and the people and places that connected the movement. The Ohio Department of Development and TourismOhio are officially ...

By Glenn Bramble Special to NKyTribune Kentucky held unique importance in the history of the Underground Railroad, especially as a border state, that is, a slaveholding state that did not secede from ...

With more than 50 sites on our map of Illinois’ Underground Railroad, it would be quite challenging to make the 1,100-mile round trip in a single vacation. But as September is International ...

There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- While there's no one path that escaping slaves took to claim their freedom, cyclists can get a sense of some of America's Underground Railroad history from a new bicycle route of ...

The abolitionist movement began in the late 18th century as several antislavery societies formed in the North. At great risk to their own lives, abolitionists created the Underground Railroad, a ...

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was dramatically ...

An accidental discovery is shedding new light on a vital piece of American history.

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled several stamps honoring the ingenuity, bravery, and resilience of 10 courageous men and women who helped guide enslaved people to freedom via the network of secret ...