Map: Underground Railroad sites in Illinois. ... “Free” Frank McWorter became the first Black person to found a United States town and establish a planned community in 1836.

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A Chester County-based organization promoting racial healing through storytelling is working with Longwood Gardens, Lincoln ...

The “Underground Railroad” was a marvelously improvised, metaphorical construct run by courageous heroes, most of whom were black: “Much of what we call the Underground Railroad,” Blight ...

To mark Juneteenth, the North Star Underground Railroad Museum, SUNY Plattsburgh and John Brown Lives! are hosting an art ...

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 ...

Map of Illinois Underground Railroad historical sites, plus what to know before you go A biker rides the I&M Canal Trail as it passes through Utica on Aug. 31, 2012.

In Windsor, the Tower of Freedom Underground Railroad Monument shows the arrival of people into Canada, underneath a 6.5-metre granite monolith. One of the people, a young girl holding a rag doll ...

The story resurfaced in 2021 when historians launched the Upper Darby Underground Railroad Walking Tour. Riverview House became Stop Two, joining Garrett House, Sellers Hall, and other landmarks.

Ohio — home to more than 3,000 miles of the Underground Railroad — was a prolific partner prior to and during the Civil War in guiding freedom seekers to Canada, where so many sought the ...

Jacob Morris, the head of the Harlem Historical Society, has a vision for Lower Manhattan: He wants to establish a trail linking sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the 19th-century ...