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Following the executive order, the National Park Service (NPS) reportedly scrubbed information from its exhibits about the great abolitionist Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad ... The ...
The transportation network for escaped slaves during the mid-1800s passed right through Delaware, a 95-mile trail spanning ...
Kennett Square heralds itself as the mushroom capital of the world. But what many people don't know is that it was a crucial stop for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad.
"The Underground Railroad in Metamora," a documentary highlighting local abolitionist activities, will debut June 22 at Metamora high school.
The Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tourism Initiative will be dedicating two of Ironton's historic sites in Ironton that were part of the Underground Railroad. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., a marker will ...
The Gov. Thomas Kirker Homestead in Adams County is one of six Ohio sites recently added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program. The homestead was a station on the ...
In Barry Jenkins’s reimagining of Colson Whitehead’s popular novel “The Underground Railroad,” it is as if the land speaks. In the light of high noon, cotton fields are menacingly fecund ...
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is marking its 30th anniversary in May 2025. It's been 30 years since the concept of a museum telling the story of the Underground Railroad and the ...
(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - The Quindaro Townsite in Kansas City, Kansas — once a stop along the Underground Railroad for people escaping slavery and a home to abolitionists during the “Free State ...
Through Darkness to Light,” on view at the Culture Lab at Mid-America Arts Alliance in Kansas City. The series features photographs of verified escape route locations from Louisiana to Canada, ...
An estimated 100,000 slaves sought freedom in the 1800s through a network of supporters and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad, according to the National Underground Railroad Freedom ...