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 ...

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 ...

An 1858 Westerville home, now part of a new commercial development, served as a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad, hiding freedom‑seekers in a secret dugout.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Nation's largest gathering of its kind returns to Colorado Springs with anticipated record attendance during National ...

“If there’s anyone who has a sense of how things might play out, it is comedian Bruce Vilanch, who has written for at least ...