Advocates, historians, and descendants of enslaved people are planning to join a 60-mile walk in Texas to bring attention to ...

A historic South Texas church and cemetery have been named a national site that was part of the Underground Railroad that helped slaves seek freedom in Mexico in the 1800s. The National Park ...

“The Tex Mex Underground Railroad,” on display at the Carver Center in San Antonio. (Kaylee Greenlee Beal for the Texas Observer) During the Mexican Cultural Revolution of the early 20th ...

Until recently, the southbound Underground Railroad, as some scholars ... Revolution,” says Baumgartner. In 1836, Texas won independence from Mexico and, now an autonomous republic, enshrined ...

Mission San José has been added to the National Park Service’s National Underground ... Mexican Army protected the five men by opening fire on the slave catchers pursing them.” Another Texas ...

ALAMO, Texas — Along the winding Rio Grande in South Texas lies a history many have never heard, of a southern route to freedom for enslaved people on the Underground Railroad into Mexico.

The “Southern Underground Railroad” helped formerly enslaved people reach freedom in northern Mexico. One village ... spread to geographically isolated Texas, where slaveholders refused ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

has American managers and American railroad men in nearly all the responsible posts, and is essentially modern. The National runs from Corpus Christi, Texas, to the City of Mexico, passing through ...