For enslaved people seeking freedom in 19th-century Texas, traveling north wasn’t the only option. The off-Broadway musical ...

The region's waters were a common means of escape from slavery, in addition to land-based networks of the Underground Railroad.

After more than a decade researching her ancestry, Shanna Ward published a book about her forefather John T. Ward, a formerly enslaved man who became an Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist ...

An 1858 Westerville home, now part of a new commercial development, served as a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad, ...

Historians say pinpointing the first escape is really hard to nail down, and a lot of stories from enslaved people aren't ...

A group of historians and educators is working to identify, preserve, and share the stories of freedom seekers who traveled through the Underground Railroad in Illinois. The project comes amid efforts ...

This is the first of a three-part series. Images are courtesy of Jack Woodbury and the Darwin R. Barker Museum. The early ...

Explore the abolitionist movement and what still remains of Wisconsin’s Underground Railroad. In the wake of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, freedom seekers began fleeing North, following Wisconsin’s ...

Pioneers of Punk weekend rolls out an art exhibit, readings and a reunion of iconic Tallahassee punk bands from the '80s at ...

This is the second of a three-part series. Images are courtesy of Jack Woodbury and the early Fredonia Baptist records, SUNY ...

Neicy DeShields-Moulton, 66, spent years digging through DNA and public records to answer questions her family avoided.