This week, we’re sharing what we learned through profiles, an interactive map detailing the Illinois Underground Railroad, and interviews with the historians who helped tell these stories.

(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 ...

A task force created by a 2023 law to explore ways chronicle Illinois’ Underground Railroad history announced its findings on Tuesday, recommending the state create a commission that would ...

(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. “) ...