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

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.

The Historic Mifflin House, a Wrightsville farmhouse that sheltered freedom seekers fleeing from slavery in the 1800s, joined ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

The Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township will be open to the public on a limited basis starting later this month, according to a news release.

● The Gov. Thomas Kirker Family Homestead in Adams County was a key station for the Underground Railroad in Ohio. There, ...

The U.S. National Park Service on Monday appeared to restore its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after it was met with backlash for deleting a prominently featured ...

Recently, the National Park Service removed Harriet Tubman’s photo and quote from its official “Underground Railroad” webpage, marking the latest example of the federal government quietly ...

The webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/White Cooperation.” ...

Have you ever visited the John Brown Monument in Akron? Here is an opportunity. The Summit County Historical Society, the ...