The Muscatine Historic Preservation Commission received grant funding to research the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery activity in the area.

The previously hidden Underground Railroad history of a 200-year-old house in Chestertown, Maryland, has been revealed by ...

Metamora, Illinois has long been known for its historical connection to America’s 16th president. The town even got a mention by actor Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 movie, Lincoln.

Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's ...

The transportation network for escaped slaves during the mid-1800s passed right through Delaware, a 95-mile trail spanning the first state. Delaware was the last slave state along the trail for many, ...

Constitutional Limits. Under the “anti-commandeering” doctrine ( Printz v. United States, 1997; Murphy v. NCAA, 2018) Washington cannot compel states to enforce federal law—hence state-level sanctuary ...

One of Brooklyn’s oldest homes — believed to be a stop along the Underground Railroad —asks $5.95M: ‘It is a museum’ By . Mary K. Jacob. ... between 1830 -1865.

The prosecution in the second trial of Karen Read rested Thursday after about a month of testimony spotlighting evidence from the scene and witnesses who heard the defendant repeatedly say “I hit him” ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court upheld a state law Wednesday that bans most people under 21 from carrying a handgun in public. Under Georgia law, anyone ages 18 to 20 years old can possess ...

Henson and his family escaped into Ontario via the underground railroad in 1830. Soon after, he purchased several hundred acres of land and created a haven for escapees. The museum is full of exhibits ...

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom in the north. It became most active in the 1830-1850 period.