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 ...

This 69 Orange St. residence stands in a prime pocket of Brooklyn Heights — which, many years ago, had strong ties to the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Schulz believes that prior to 1830 very few white citizens got involved ... Maybe we picture this Underground Railroad as something that would work to transport people from say Alabama up to ...

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 ...

Signage and displays throughout the house tell the story of the Underground Railroad in Cass County, the Bonine family and more. The UGRR existed in this area from 1830 to 1860 and it is estimated ...