The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is adding a permanent exhibit for the first time in 15 years.

Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading around 13 missions to free over 70 ...

On May 24, the Mifflin House opened to the public and will remain open, admission-free, every Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m ...

Albany's Ten Broeck Mansion site is the latest Capital Region institution facing federal funding cuts, saying a nearly $500 ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

Information about Harriet Tubman has been restored to a National Park Service website about the Underground Railroad. The National Park Service said Monday that a portrait and a quote from Tubman ...

Rita Daniels learned at 9 that she is the great-great-great-grandniece of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led countless enslaved Africans to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

One of Springfield’s standout historical sites will be the focus of Juneteenth events in the coming weeks while marking a special anniversary.

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