A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Detroit (code name “Midnight”) and Windsor, Ontario, are rich in Underground Railroad history. Some of the most notable sites include: ...

When you think about Black History Month, several figures likely come to mind, with Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass ...

“This trip is using lessons from the Underground Railroad to teach humanity,” says Walker, who has been leading tours for Footsteps to Freedom since it was founded 28 years ago by Cheryl and Hardy ...

which was at one time the whaling capital of the world and where Frederick Douglass lived for a while. It’s of a guy who had escaped on the Underground Railroad and was now trying to raise money ...

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors ... And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass, in all of her journeys she "never ...

In Rochester, New York, the last stop on the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass published the abolitionist newspaper The North Star, naming it after the icon followed by so many escaped ...