Kennett Square heralds itself as the mushroom capital of the world, but what many people may not know is that it was a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad. Crystal Crampton, president of the ...

Explore the abolitionist movement and what still remains of Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad. In the wake of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, freedom seekers began fleeing North, following Wisconsin’s ...

The lawsuit claims that the Trump administration targeted Black historical centers in anti-DEI policy. One of New York’s Underground Railroad museums, the Underground Railroad Education Center, has ...

Historian Tony Cohen is walking from Maryland to Canada tracing the path of the Underground Railroad. View comments.

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host an upcoming in-person lecture titled “The History of Cleveland's Underground Railroad” Thursday, Sept. 22, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre ...

Rita Daniels learned at 9 that she is the great-great-great-grandniece of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led countless enslaved Africans to freedom through the Underground Railroad. It was a ...

Step into the shoes of a Freedom Seeker at ‘VIGILANCE,' a new immersive theater piece by Jae Gayle debuting Saturday at the ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

DORCHESTER COUNTY, MD -- Weather played a significant role in the success of Harriet Tubman's missions to free enslaved people via the Underground Railroad. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad ...

A new documentary shows how Metamora played a big role in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom. While Illinois ...

An upstate New York museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Underground Railroad is suing the Trump administration, alleging that the cancellation of a federal grant was driven by racial and ...