Slavery is as old as human history. The first tablets of writing made six thousand years ago in Sumer (modern-day Iraq ) mention slavery—the practice of one person forcing another to work for no compensation. And slavery has appeared almost...

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses that 19th century African slaves in the United States used to escape to free states (or as far north as Canada) with the aid of abolitionists.[1] The term is also applied...

The city has changed its plan for downtown Brooklyn to eliminate the need to take a home on Duffield Street that had some connection to the Underground Railroad.A spokeswoman for the city Law Department, Kate O'Brien Ahlers said in a statement, "The city is...

While there's no one path that escaping slaves took to claim their freedom, cyclists can get a sense of some of America's Underground Railroad history from a new bicycle route of 2,100 miles that cuts from coastal Alabama up to Canada.The last three sections of...

Given that an outside consultant failed to find evidence that the Underground Railroad stopped at seven imperiled rowhouses on Duffield and Gold streets (PDF), Mayor Bloomberg could have pressed on, letting the properties be condemned and then flattened to make way for a park and...

History and tourism leaders from across Pennsylvania have launched an underground railroad campaign connecting more than 20 historic sites and highlighting the state's role, both positive and negative, in the history of slavery.Speakers praised the "Quest for Freedom" program as they stood next to an...

Essay provides a description of the underground railroad.

A quick overview of the Underground Railroad, including people that assisted in it and code words and techniques for escaping to the North.

The Underground Railroad, an informal network of houses, passageways, and people who helped slaves escape north to Canada, helped move 100,000 people safely between 1810 and 1850. Working undiscovered for years and evolving constantly during that time, the complex railroad involved many famous Americans, including Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. Some of the nation's greatest humanitarians took part in this endeavor, whether through financing the expeditions or through personally guiding the fugitive