Between 1850 and 1860, she led roughly 70 people – including her parents, Ben and Rit, to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Many African-Americans — both free and enslaved — dubbed her ...

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 ...

Underground Railroad in North Carolina: Historic Halifax has documentation of Freedom Seekers escaping on the Roanoke River. In Halifax, freedom meant reaching the Roanoke River.

Eric Foner's 'Gateway to Freedom' pieces together the tracks of the underground railroad, revealing a long-hidden history.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio based on the history of the Underground Railroad. The Center also pays tribute to all efforts to "abolish ...

By 1831, it became known as The Underground Railroad. In the Southern Tier, Freedom Finders and abolitionists, such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, worked in the area to lead the freedom ...

In honor of Black History Month, the Underground Railroad Freedom Center hosted the premiere of a documentary on Sunday. The documentary celebrated the life and work of Ohio poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

The Underground Railroad in Maryland “The Underground Railroad: Other Voices of Freedom” is scheduled to open in late February at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette St., Havre ...

BALTIMORE — A new exhibit at the B&O Railroad Museum examines the Underground Railroad through the eyes of those who traveled it to freedom. The Baltimore museum is excited about its newest ...

"We can see instances coming up where they are confronted with the fact that the freedom seeker has passed on the B&O Railroad and are being fined or sued for that, and we can also see the B&O not ...

The set of 20 stamps features freedom seekers and those who helped others escape, as well as a map illustrating the broad paths they took and an explanation of the Underground Railroad Network to ...