The ferry operator pulled his large flatboat to the edge of the Virginia shore of the Ohio River. He watched and listened ...

A new documentary called, “Underground: Freedom Stories Along the Borderlands,” looks at the growth of abolitionism in ...

The Boone Conservancy bought 350 acres of property along the Ohio River in Petersburg, just across the Interstate 275 bridge ...

(WAVE) - A piece of public art seeks to make sure Kentucky doesn’t forget its history with slavery, while also remembering the lives of the enslaved. Louisville’s location on the Ohio River ...

The Boone Conservancy has acquired 350 acres of land along the Ohio River in Petersburg, ensuring its preservation for ...

And it's a very fitting location since the Ohio River – unofficially – split the southern slave states and northern free states once Pennsylvania abolished slavery. Many slaves actually ...