Despite popular depictions of the Underground Railroad, escaping over land was almost impossible in the Deep South. So thousands of enslaved people found allies on the water.

The Midwest Underground Railroad Network and Chicago Association of African American Storytellers are presenting freedom ...

The Troy Historic Village recently opened its summer exhibit on the Underground Railroad, open now through Aug. 28.

History textbooks and popular media generally depict the Underground Railroad as an arduous overland journey, one that would stretch for days until the right covered wagon allowed the enslaved to ...

A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes overlaid with a drawing of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (left) and the Thomas Hoyne residence (right). A 1898 map showing Underground Railroad routes ...

The Underground Railroad was a 17th century network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States up until the 19th century.

Debunking seven common myths about the Underground Railroad, ... to the location of safe houses and secure routes north to freedom. 5. The Underground Railroad was a large-scale activity that ...

Long before Juneteenth, the region was part of a clandestine network of routes and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad, which helped enslaved people escape bondage in the South.

Visitors can find information about Underground Railroad routes in western Illinois, a memorial for Freedom Seeker Susan Richardson, as well as exhibits on the Lincoln-Douglas debate.

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved people escape to freedom. According to the research of local author ...

In the mid-1800s, the church became a station in the Underground Railroad, a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states.