Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading around 13 missions to free over 70 ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

William Still, who was known throughout the country as "Father of the Underground Railroad" and one of the ... Though born a slave, he worked his own freedom, secured that of his mother by a ...

A historic Kentucky site has joined the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, which commemorates the stories of people who freed themselves or were ...

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During the 1860s, Olivet Baptist Church was an active stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves with food and a warm place to stay. Olivet, the second-oldest Black church in Chicago ...

Allison Landucci said she knew much of what Uptain said about the quilts, but she appreciated the presentation and didn’t know about the songs like “Swing ... meant points of safety for the slaves and ...

An exhibit about the Underground Railroad will be featured next month at the Old Lincoln Courtroom and Museum. The exhibit, "Journey to Freedom: Illinois' Underground Railroad," tells the stories of ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and ... of “freedom seekers” through Illinois. For many slaves escaping from Southern states, the Chicago area ...