We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people ...

“In the cellar, the walls are made of large stones ... poke fun at the neighborhood’s pretension. Map showing routes of the ‘Underground Railroad,’ used by fugitive slaves to escape ...

Written by and starring Leslie McCurdy, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” is a one-woman play based on the life of the abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad who freed ...

The election of the first U.S. pope over the global Catholic Church puts his hometown on the map, drawing pilgrims ... that became part of the Underground Railroad. Dolton’s first post office ...

Lovelace’s mother made sure she had access to some of the brightest minds ... The unstoppable Harriet Tubman is well-known to anyone who has heard the amazing tale of the Underground Railroad. Tubman, ...

Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives TUNNELS OF TIME: Shown above is 1957 map of the tunnel system below Bowdoin ... allegedly linked to Maine’s portion of the Underground Railroad, parts of ...

The decade between 1850 and 1860 was one of explosive growth—and upheaval—for Chicago. In ten years, its population ballooned from just under 30,000 to nearly 110,000.

Map of the Underground Railroad (Courtesy of the University of Arkansas/Nelson ... Dodging slave patrols in northern Arkansas and Missouri, he soon made it to free territory. From there, he rode even ...

Several national preservation programs are documenting safe houses and other sites associated with the Underground Railroad. This 1860-75 photo made available by the Library of Congress shows ...

Their home has been called the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad over the years ... fifth African American medical school in the U.S. Founded in 1881, they made history again as the ...

Those of us who were alive during the Red Scare knew that various attempts were made to publicly chastise ... daily and the activities of the Underground Railroad that runs throughout their ...