Completion of the Ohio Canal in 1830 linked Cleveland to southern Ohio waterways, connecting the city to both commerce and access to Underground Railroad lines. William Wells, once a freedom ...

THEY WERE ENSLAVED IN LOUISVILLE IN THE 1830. THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO CINCINNATI ... MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. THAT DOESN’T OFTEN GET TOLD. AND SULLIVAN SAYS THIS ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Imagine yourself on a ship bound for Staten Island on a breezy day. Only you’re not enjoying yourself, because you sit hungry in a cold cramped space shared with cargo.

VANDALIA — The Underground Railroad Society of Cass County (URSCC ... The UGRR existed in this area from 1830 to 1860 and it is estimated about 1,500 fugitive slaves (called freedom seekers ...

the town of Oberlin itself was on the Underground Railroad’s largest anchoring stations. “Despite the many risks, as many as 100,000 humans escaped to freedom between the years 1830 to 1860 ...

Appalachia has a rich culture that goes back hundreds of years, and a tourism initiative in the Tri-State is exploring a part ...

"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Scott Shane, who traced the naming of the Underground Railroad back to the writings of the little-known 19th century abolitionist Thomas Smallwood.