Feb. 3—LEWISBURG — A recognized stop on the Underground Railroad in Union County is the subject of ongoing projects at Bucknell University. The former carriage house beside the Bliss-McClure house at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS) If you were paying attention in history class, you’ll recall the Underground Railroad ...

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It’s the holiday season; a time to hopefully connect with family and celebrate another year together. As you sit with parents, grandparents, and maybe even great-grandparents, there is often that trip ...

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” era — received National ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Right at your feet is a story waiting to be told. “In my reading, that’s where the slaves lived,” said Mae Breckenridge-Haywood with the African American Historical Society of ...

Driving along the back roads of Alamance County, you’ll find the crumbling remnants of a colonial settlement -- older than the United States itself. Park your car and step into the 1700s: Small wooden ...

WAVERLY, Pa. — We're all familiar with the story of the Underground Railroad, but perhaps you didn't know how our area fit into that story. A program in Lackawanna County is working to change that. We ...

The rich history of the Underground Railroad in Middletown is a passion project for Abdul Shakur Ahmad and that’s why he is highlighting the city’s role it played safely transporting enslaved people ...

Stories about the Underground Railroad have been passed down in parts of East Tennessee for generations. But in the Greenback ...

The Underground Railroad leading escaped slaves to freedom in Canada is an important part of local history, and the Lorain County Historical Society deserves credit for its effort to keep this side of ...

The real Underground Railroad — a network of safe houses and secret routes that assisted runaway enslaved people on their journeys to freedom in the North — has a mysterious history in Central New ...