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Historians talked about Underground Railroad conductors and spy rings operating between New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. The event was part of the annual National Underground Railroad Con…

Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, co-creators of WGN America’s television series “Underground,” joined actress Aisha Hinds in a panel discussion about the show’s background and historical context…

Karolyn Smardz Frost talked about her book, I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad, published by Straus and Giroux. As an archaeologist and historian, she une…

Panelists celebrated the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, a museum dedicated to exploring the paths to freedom taken by African-American slaves. They discussed th…

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati included speeches by the first lady Laura Bush, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation…