With more than 50 sites on our map of Illinois’ Underground Railroad, it would be quite challenging to make the 1,100-mile round trip in a single vacation. But as September is International U… ...

(The maps are courtesy of Southern Illinois University Press from Larry McClellan’s book, “ Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois. “) ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois task force investigating the state’s ties with the Underground Railroad has presented its findings to the state legislature. During the years leading up to ...

CHICAGO — With more than 50 sites on our map of Illinois’ Underground Railroad, it would be quite challenging to make the 1,100-mile round trip in a single vacation.