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.

A gilded lone blossom, at lower right, unearthed in an archeological dig on Livingston Avenue in Arbor Hill led to this display at the Underground Railroad Education Center ... Stewart gave an example ...

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On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad.” Connie Martin, an Illinois Humanities Road ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — The Cumberland County Historical Society (CCHS) announced that it has acquired a rare Underground Railroad letter dating back to 1847. According to CCHS, the historic ...

At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, we share stories of our past rooted in facts and dedicated to presenting our nation’s history with accuracy. This includes our triumphs and ...

“NPS recently garnered criticism from media and a U.S. senator when reports surfaced alleging that it edited a webpage about the Underground Railroad to remove a photo of Tubman and a quote of hers, ...

"I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger." For example ...

The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground ... For example, the original opening sentence referenced the railroad ...

FILE - A previously unknown portrait, circe 1868, of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor ... about the issue and its brutal realities. For example, the original opening sentence referenced ...

The National Park Service has officially restored slavery terms previously changed on its Underground Railroad page, which enraged Black Americans and historians. “Changes to the Underground ...