It places our community within the rich context of our country and it helps put us on the map. Someone who knows ... A Kentuckian’s role in the Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad ...

Legend has it that a Kentucky landowner chasing an escaped ... were hidden and transported to freedom on the Underground Railroad. A map of locations featured in the stories that follow.

(LEX 18) — Through the Civil War, the Underground Railroad was a pathway to freedom for those held as slaves. Kentucky was the last slave state people had to pass through in their race to freedom.

Ohio has more sites in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program than any other state, and a new ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Networking and trust were key factors in the creation of the Underground Railroad in the years prior to the US Civil War. Kentucky was the last state slaves needed to pass ...

A historic Kentucky site has joined the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, which commemorates the stories of people who freed themselves or were helped ...

But with Underground Railroad and Indigenous American historic ... Detroit Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped from Louisville, Kentucky, and lived in Detroit for two years before they were ...

Word inevitably spread and it became the target destination for countless Kentucky slaves seeking the Underground Railroad. To stream WHAS11 on your phone, you need the WHAS11 app. "It was very ...