Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Reservations are now being taken for the next “Hike the Freedom Trail” tour. This is scheduled for Saturday, September 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This …
Illinois’ Freedom Trail: Exploring the Underground Railroad Read More »
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, it’s estimated that more than 3,000 people escaping from slavery traveled through northern Indiana on their way to Canada and freedom. …
Group highlights history of Underground Railroad in talk at St. Joseph County Library Read More »
Members of the Little Calumet River Underground Railroad Project will host their next Freedom Trail Hike, on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., starting at the Beaubien …
Underground Railroad Project to host ‘Freedom Trail Hike’ Read More »
As he was preparing preliminary drafts of the text that would eventually be cast in metal as part of the area’s newest Illinois State Historical Society historical marker, Larry McClellan …
Landmarks: New historical marker highlights area’s Underground Railroad journeys Read More »
The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It was a secret network led by people that included free Black and anti-slavery white people who helped escaped …
The South Suburbs’s Little Known Underground Railroad Read More »
The site of the Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the far South Side was recently certified as an Underground Railroad station and added to the National Park Service’s Network …
Fourth Illinois site joins national Underground Railroad registry Read More »
