known for their active participation in the Underground Railroad, risked their lives and prosperity by providing refuge for escaped enslaved persons and aiding them to reach other safe houses.

Unlike Colson Whitehead's literal network of tracks and trains, the Underground Railroad was actually a series of secret routes and safe houses that, by one estimation, enabled 100,000 enslaved ...

An Underground Railroad exhibit curated by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is hitting the road and will be making ...

Deep in the depths of America's history lies the Underground Railroad, a system of secret routes, safe houses and efforts made in order to free enslaved people during the 1800s. Documented sites ...

Visit Bucks County has information and directions for a self-guided tour of Underground Railroad sites throughout the county.