Ohio — home to more than 3,000 miles of the Underground Railroad — was a prolific partner prior to and during the Civil War in guiding freedom seekers to Canada, where so many sought the promise of a ...

The set of 20 stamps features freedom seekers and those who helped others escape, as well as a map illustrating the broad paths they took and an explanation of the Underground Railroad Network to ...

Eric Foner’s vivid new book, about the semi-organized system to aid runaway slaves popularly known as the underground railroad, makes an excellent companion to “Reconstruction,” his magisterial 1988 ...

(WBNG) -- The Underground Railroad, a clandestine trail of routes sprawled across the United States in the mid-19th Century, helped slaves, also referred to as “freedom finders.” Operating under ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cyclists from both sides of the border came together for the CanAm Freedom Ride on Saturday. Riders started in the morning at Freedom Park in Buffalo, then crossed the Peace Bridge ...

The Freedom Center is looking for objects that tell the story of freedom from the turn of the last century through today like this button from the March on Washington For Jobs & Freedom on August 28, ...

THEIR JOURNEY AND HOW THE EXHIBIT LOOKS TO BRING A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE. REPORTER: THE RAILROAD EXHIBIT IS EXCITED ABOUT ITS NEWEST EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING 27 FORMER SLAVES WHO SOUGHT FREEDOM ALONG HE ...

Take a firsthand look at tangible remnants of the Underground Railroad in NC. In Halifax, visitors can touch a place incredible triumph for many Freedom Seekers -- and a place where the struggle for ...

The Freedom Suits Statue outside the Civic Courts Building downtown has been added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. Created by civil rights artist Preston Jackson, the ...

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled several stamps honoring the ingenuity, bravery, and resilience of 10 courageous men and women who helped guide enslaved people to freedom via the network of secret ...