The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

The Nauvoo City Council met Tuesday evening, Dec. 10, at the City Center. Ten people were present in the audience, and four ...

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Now the home is getting revitalized and recognized for its role along the Underground Railroad. The Rev. Samuel May Jr. not only helped found the Leicester Anti-Slavery Society but also later ...

But along the property's western edge sits the Stephen Sharp House, a relic of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves to safety before the Emancipation Proclamation. And as plans move forward ...

As cooler weather arrives, we find ourselves reaching for warmer blankets from the hall closet, perhaps discovering a quilt ...

These underground tours in Philadelphia, New York, and London teach urban travelers about engineering, architecture, design, ...

WSAZ shows us the Appalachian Heritage Freedom’s initiative to highlight the Underground Railroad and bring to life the people who risked it all to be free. As Tim Irr reports, the ball’s ...

While working for the Arkansas governor, she contributed to the Underground Railroad movement by using her free papers to help a young slave ... The Tarrytown Board of Trustees celebrated the 160th ...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at ...

A New Hanover County beach town, which "has some of the most excellent stretches of coastline in the state" according to ...

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors." During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.