The Freedom Corridor conference at Illinois College focuses on preserving and recognizing Underground Railroad sites across ...

Just off Lawrence Avenue, in an area north of Holcom Sports Complex, one building stands out from the mostly residential ...

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

In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the help of the underground railroad - a secret network of free blacks and white sympathizers who helped runaways. Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of ...

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

The railroad improvement project at North Nicholson Avenue in Long Beach is taking longer than expected. Long Beach Mayor ...

The Octagon House in Fond du Lac was built in 1856 and is one of the few remaining examples of its kind in Wisconsin. Secret tunnels and rooms fueled rumors of a connection to the Underground Railroad ...

With that, he introduced speaker William Switala, a 52-year borough resident, retired educator and author of three books about the Underground Railroad, a term that “came along as an attempt to ...

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

Area residents will have a chance to walk in the footsteps of 19th century freedom seekers from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.