She led a Union Army raid during the Civil War according to U.S. Army historians. The raid freed more than 750 enslaved ...

An Illinois task force is working to bring greater recognition to the state’s role in the Underground Railroad, identifying ...

Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and then established the Underground Railroad to help others. She went on to be a scout, spy ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th ...

Former Gov. Quinn advocates for a millionaire tax to fund property tax relief; task force urges Illinois to preserve ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously commissioned as brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard at a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

The Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore officially recognized Harriet Tubman for her military service to both the U.S.

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, highlighting a less understood aspect of the South ...

Harriet Tubman, famed for her role in the Underground Railroad, is posthumously honored as a brigadier general by Maryland's ...