Category: Underground Railroad
Grant to Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany Restored by Federal Government
In March of this year, the Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, New York found out that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) had…
White Power: Policing American Slavery by Gautham Rao
White Power: Policing American Slavery by Gautham Rao Published by University of North Carolina Press (2026) White Power is not strictly about Reconstruction, in fact…
Jerry Rescue Monument Syracuse, New York
One of the most publicized acts of resistance to slavery took place in Syracuse, New York on October 1, 1851. On that date, William “Jerry”…
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati Ohio
Before the Civil War, many escaped enslaved African Americans made their way to freedom by crossing the Ohio River from Kentucky into the State of…
Lee’s Army Moves Towards Gettysburg: Black Refugees Flee
When Confederate troops began slipping west and north of the Union army for their June 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, no one worried more about the…
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Maryland
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is at 4068 Golden Hill Road Church Creek, Maryland 21622 is a relatively new site jointly run…
Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery
Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…
Harriet Tubman Sites in Cambridge, Maryland
The most photographed mural of Harriet Tubman is at 424 Race St, Cambridge, MD. The small city is just ten miles north of Harriet Tubman…
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Has Displays Flagged for Violating President’s Executive Order at Cane River
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom was created through an Act of Congress passed in 1998 which gave the National Park Service responsibility for…
Underground Railroad Museum in Albany Lose Funding Under Crusade Against Black History
The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany has filed a lawsuit against the Federal government claiming that the government has wrongfully withheld $250,000 in Federal…