Appalachia has a rich culture that goes back hundreds of years, and a tourism initiative in the Tri-State is exploring a part ...

Two historic sites that once served as safe havens for those escaping slavery are now officially part of the National ...

A new app, the Freedom Journey App, has been launched to highlight key figures and locations along the path of the ...

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

It opened to the public for tours in 2021, with four restored rooms that tell the stories of Northeast Ohio’s daring Underground Railroad pioneers and their lasting impact on society. The house ...

The slaves knew only to look for a house on a hill with ... according to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Outpost dot southern Ohio operated by folks like the ...

The city had an estimated network of more than two dozen safe houses. In the 1800s, the area was one of Ohio’s busiest stops on the Underground Railroad. Some of those safe houses still stand ...

An Ohio attraction is showing the state’s integral role in the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad wasn’t actually underground. It was a system of people, houses, churches and ...

Archival research and community outreach engage African American Studies students in the rich history of Ohio’s Black ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — September is International Underground Railroad Month. That’s because it was the month when both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery.