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

one of the first Black regiments to serve in the Civil War. “Changes to the Underground Railroad page on the National Park Service’s website were made without approval from NPS leadership nor ...

“The Underground Railroad — the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War — refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their ...

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad ... people during the Civil War period.One historian, Fergus ...