underground railroad

FOUNTAIN CITY — Back in the day, Fountain City, formerly known as Newport, served as a center point for freedom seekers escaping slavery. In Fountain City, Levi and Catharine Coffin opened their door to more than 1,000 of them. Soon enough, their home became known as the “Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad.” Now, […]

Following a triumphant Best Picture Oscar win for the critically-acclaimed Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins is set to write and direct a one-hour series chronicling the Underground Railroad, Variety reports.

A rare photo of Harriet Tubman, one of American most revered freedom fighters, has just surfaced in Auburn, N.Y., where she made her home after the Civil War.

A teacher is in trouble over having her only Black student play a slave in an Underground Railroad game. School officials said the game was unauthorized.

Abolitionist and writer William Still served an important role during the Underground Railroad movement. His 1872 book, The Underground Railroad, is reportedly the only first-person…

The case of Underground Railroad conductor Samuel Burris has come full circle, this after the abolitionist will finally be pardoned, 168 years since his conviction…

Chris “Juice” Johnson, a former college football player for the Florida Gators, has died. Johnson, who was only 22-years-old, was discovered dead in his car…

Boxer Joe Louis began a historic run of title defenses beginning in 1939, the same year he purchased the Spring Hill Farm in the Shelby…

On May 17, 1882, Albert Jackson became the first black postman in Toronto, Canada. In 1858, the runaway slave fought through the Underground Railroad and through the…

NY — New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, a runaway slave, Abigail Hopper, William Lloyd Garrison all graced these floors. Windows were broken; valuables raided and fires set here during the Draft Riots in 1863. History was made at 339 w 29th street in Chelsea – but no one knew until just recently, when historian […]