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

On a romantic getaway in Illinois ... respectively. The Underground Railroad passed through here, and visitors can explore Alton's abolitionist and Civil War history with nine self-guided stops ...

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 ...

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

The Underground Railroad in Decatur County display is open at the Decatur County Historical Society Museum, 222 N. Franklin Street, Greensburg. Period costumes, photography and handwritten letters ...

The National Parks Service has restored the original Harriet Tubman material featured on a webpage about the Underground Railroad after garnering outrage over its removal. In February, a photo and ...

UPDATE, April 8: The U.S. National Park Service restored a quote and an image of Harriet Tubman to their webpage about the Underground Railroad network, following backlash after they had been removed.

Leslie Pielack has been surprised at the numbers of people who have visited a traveling exhibit highlighting Oakland County connections to the Underground Railroad. “It’s unbelievably popular ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be uncovered. State Senator Dave Koehler, alongside other Illinois ...

The National Park Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad. For years, the NPS’s page on the Underground ...

A large image of and a quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad, following several prominent changes to government websites ...