Changes began in the 1850s. As the railroad expanded in the South, production of cotton, wheat, and tobacco increased. Entrepreneurs needed capital and a steady supply of workers for the southern mill ...

William Still was the director of a complex network of abolitionists, sympathizers and safe houses that stretched from Philadelphia to what is now Southern Ontario. Underground Railroad ...

In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the help of the underground railroad - a secret network ... Barnes- Hopkins in Canada: A People's History) Canada was viewed as a safe haven, where ...

A woman found dead on railroad tracks in the city of Oneonta early Sunday morning died by suicide, police said Tuesday, April 1. According to a Facebook post from the Oneonta Police Department, an ...

A 61-year-old Pennsylvania woman was found deceased on railroad tracks Sunday morning in what authorities have determined to be a suicide. An employee of Norfolk Southern Railroad contacted Otsego ...