“Estimates of the number of fugitive slaves who moved through the Underground Railroad are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 … in the six decades or so that the Underground Railroad operated.

“All the Underground Railroad stations were in the northern free states,” Baumgartner said. “People escaping to Mexico had to get through Texas first, which was a slave state.

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 ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - The Underground Railroad had several “stations” across Michigan, which banned slavery in its initial 1837 Constitution. ... Texas stating the emancipation of all enslaved people.

Advocates, historians, and descendants of enslaved people are planning to join a 60-mile walk in Texas to bring attention to ...

RACINE, WI — One of the most intriguing events in American history is the Underground Railroad and Racine’s role as a station for it. The Underground Railroad was a secret abolitionist ...

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 ...