A new exhibit at the Marshall Public Library highlights the courageous stories of freedom seekers and multi-racial conductors who assisted them on the Underground Railroad in Illinois. The exhibit is ...

Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. Discover her role in the Underground Railroad and beyond.

In the rural Iowa town of Salem, the community holds tangible remnants of the Underground Railroad.The Lewelling Quaker ...

The city’s early history was inextricably linked to slavery through its many cotton mills where young women from rural New ...

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Area middle school students participated in a historic retelling of America’s 200-year struggle with slavery in recognition ...

One of the mainstays of the Nashville Post magazine is our In Charge list. Each year, we highlight the people that make our city work. Be them newly minted or ...

Historian and author Glennette Turner shares insight into the important role Illinois abolitionists played in working with ...

Local history museums are on edge as federal funding cuts target another agency: the Institute of Museum and Library Services ...

Chicago’s role as a “hotbed of abolition” before the Civil War will be the subject Wednesday of a Looking for Lincoln Conversations program.

Are you curious about the Underground Railroad history in our metro community? Tours of the historic Underground Railroad ...