One of the leaders in the Underground Railroad, Garrett worked as a stationmaster on the last stop in Delaware. Since he openly challenged the slave system, he did not need secret rooms at his house.

A new app, the Freedom Journey App, has been launched to highlight key figures and locations along the path of the ...

Follow the path from Georgia to Philadelphia and explore the myriad ways enslaved individuals found their way to freedom using places of refuge that were havens for the Freedom Seekers.

In time, he would rise to prominence as a leader of the abolitionist movement ... the country called him “the father of the Underground Railroad.” But there was perhaps no moment in his ...

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring 10 leaders from the Underground Railroad on new Forever stamps, which are being unveiled in a Saturday ceremony in Dorchester County. Many leaders of the ...

Few stories in American history combine as much suspense, adventure and moral righteousness as the Underground Railroad—the far-flung system of safe houses established to enable between 50,000 ...

A former enslaved person, Tubman became an abolitionist, humanitarian and leader of the Underground Railroad, which may have helped free more than 100,000 people during the antebellum period.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Scott Shane, who traced the naming of the Underground Railroad back to the writings of the little-known 19th century abolitionist Thomas Smallwood.

Exterior shot of the historical St. Paul AME Church, which was a station on the Underground Railroad in Lexington up to freedom in Ohio. Tasha Poullard [email protected] The stairs are ...

The ruins of a Wyandotte County town site that served as an outpost on the Underground Railroad deserve to be ... of Kansas City area Congressional leaders. Landmark designation could unlock ...

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 ...