The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has often been labeled as the kindling wood of the Civil War. Written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was the child of a protestant preacher, it was originally ...

In a Peebles Island State Park pavilion Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko hosted local historians, community leaders, ...

Mt. Ida Memorial Presbyterian Church (548 Congress) is an outstanding stone Gothic‑Revival structure that reflects late 19th‑century Presbyterian ecclesiastical design, featuring pointed ...

Philadelphia-based artist Ken Johnston is embarking on the final stretch of an 850-mile walk in honor of the Underground Railroad.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts ...

Eugene Jones Baldwin, of Alton, Illinois, holds the photo of his ancestor, who worked on the Underground Railroad in Michigan. (Aisha Sultan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS) ...

The Lyme Heritage Center will hold a presentation on Sunday, July 20, led by Tom LaClair, discussing the role of New York in the Underground Railroad.

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This advice is given to Cora, the protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s novel, “The Underground Railroad” (2016). She and her friend Caesar have reached their first station on the railroad, which in ...