Michigan’s first Black congregation. The church became an essential station on the Underground Railroad and housed about 5,000 freedom seekers for over 30 years. Abolitionists including John ...

We know a few stories about the Underground Railroad passing through Michigan, collected from oral histories, journal entries, records of abolitionist magazines and other clues left behind on the ...

(WXYZ) — There are 34 confirmed sites in Michigan linked to the Underground Railroad, and likely many more unofficial sites that aided in the network to help ...

When William and Severa Johnson moved their still-growing family from Detroit to a 75-acre farm on Black Highway in Raisin Township in 1933, they may not have known what a tradition they were ...

MICHIGAN — Defined as a "network of people" as opposed to a literal train system, the Underground Railroad used codes and top-secret methods to help people across the country escape enslavement.

(Courtesy: The Birmingham Museum) Taylor eventually made it to Niles, Michigan, a popular stop on the underground railroad. After weeks on the run, he was finally able to catch his breath before ...

Once a stop on the Underground Railroad and home to a Michigan icon of the suffrage movement, this 1833 landmark in Walled Lake got some TLC this week, as local businesses came together to ...

CASS COUNTY, MI — More than 1,500 freedom seekers are said to have used Vandalia’s network of safe houses in the mid-1800s along their journey on the Underground Railroad. That welcoming ...

CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) — The former southwestern Michigan home of an Underground Railroad stationmaster has changed hands and will soon open to visitors. The Elkhart (Indiana) Truth reports that ...