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From May 3 to June 28, 1908, the Springfield Daily News and Press Republic published a series of letters by the Rev. J.R. Scurry, a local conductor on the Underground Railroad. This final ...
From the 1830s to the 1860s, John Rankin, a farmer, was the linchpin of Ripley’s Underground Railroad. Well before the Civil War began, the Ohio River separated North and South, in effect two ...
An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed ...
The Underground Railroad was a loosely organized network in the mid-1800s that helped enslaved Black people escape from bondage in the South before and during the Civil War.
Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known. As a biographer of Tubman, I think this is a shame. Her devotion ...
HOLLAND — A staple of the Holland community for the past dozen years, the Van Raalte Civil War Muster will return this weekend for its 12th iteration with a new addition to its programming. The ...
An up and coming Underground Railroad and Civil War interpretive site, the Mifflin farmstead in Hellam Township observed Black History Month Feb. 6, 2025 with notables gathering in spite of the ...
Mifflin House, the Underground Railroad and Civil War site, preserved for $5.5 million. Teresa Boeckel. York Daily Record.
'The Underground Railroad in Michigan' -- Carol E Mull A Michigan Historical Site plaque installed in 2012 honors the Thompson Building’s legacy and connection to the Civil War .