Momentum has been building in Illinois to research the state’s extensive Underground Railroad sites and decide how to ...

The $5.5 million estate in Westchester County was a 19th-century New York governor's country home and, later, a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Residents were able to tour some of the historical sites that housed freed slaves during the 1800s.

The grounds were also a stop on the Underground Railroad, the listing notes. The Railroad was a resistance against slavery toward the end of the Civil War and provided those enslaved with an escape.

“The Underground Railroad” is a TV series, no doubt, but the history that Jenkins engages with, in addition to that of the country, is that of representational art.

The phrase Underground Railroad first appeared around 1839 but slaves had, naturally, been trying to escape since the implementation of this horrific institution.

The traveling exhibit tells the stories of local people who helped escaped slaves on their way to freedom and also tells of the struggles of former slaves who settled in Oakland County.

An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the ...

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A large image of and a quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad, following several prominent ...

I’ve always known that slavery existed in the North, but I’d always associated the Underground Railroad with the South.

Last year, Tourism Ohio created the Ohio Historical Underground Railroad Trail, which features nearly two dozen public sites throughout the state that highlight Ohio’s strong anti-slavery ...