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

Senator Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) introduced Senate Bill 1607 to continue the research of an Underground Railroad task force he ...

On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the ...

Brooklyn, Illinois is a beacon of ... there's another portion of that Underground Railroad that also ushered people from Missouri through Alton." The bravery of the town’s early families is ...

JACKSONVILLE — A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of those ...

Brooklyn, Illinois is a beacon of ... there's another portion of that Underground Railroad that also ushered people from Missouri through Alton." The bravery of the town’s early families is ...

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was ...