Few photos of the Underground Railroad exist, which is why Jeanine Michna-Bales has spent months following the known routes North, photographing the homes, forests and caves where those escaping ...

For her new book, Jeanine Michna-Bales photographed 100 sites along the Underground Railroad under cover of darkness.

The Underground Railroad was a fluid network of locations where freedom seekers sought refuge from slave catchers on their way to a life out of bondage. There are many Underground Railroad sites ...

Harriet and Lewis Hayden left in 1844 with the help of the Underground Railroad and became prominent abolitionists in Boston, Mass., helping hundreds of other enslaved people.

The Underground Railroad got its name from the most fascinating and important African American activist and writer you’ve never heard of.

The authors claimed their work offered the first proof regarding how fugitive Black slaves shared coded messages through different quilted patterns as a means to escape on the underground railroad.

DECATUR – The room is cramped, dark and tiny, but in the days of the Underground Railroad, such a “safe” room could mean the difference between capture and freedom.

The “Slave Haven” Underground Railroad Museum in Memphis is temporarily shutting down after a fire at the facility on Jan. 20 left smoke damage throughout the building.

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

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 ...