Until recently, few books have penetrated the character and motives of the estimated 3,000 men and women who, as they aided fugitives and led them to safety, constituted the Underground Railroad.

“In a very nuanced way, even amidst the trauma, the people, the characters [of The Underground Railroad] still retain their humanity. And because of that, I think their personhood remains intac ...

Tom Shepard said the Underground Railroad is ignored despite Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs identified as home to ...

WASHINGTON — The National Parks Service restored Harriet Tubman's portrait and quote Monday after it had edited out of its "Underground Railroad" webpage. The agency's "What is the Underground ...

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...

Only a small number of slaves traveled by the organized network of routes, "conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. African American men and women of all ages ...