A new Michigan map highlights stories of people fleeing enslavement in the mid-1800s, abolitionists who assisted them and communities that stepped up to protect people seeking freedom. The Michigan ...
MICHIGAN — Defined as a "network of people" as opposed to a literal train system, the Underground Railroad used codes and top-secret methods to help people across the country escape enslavement. Right ...
MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan History Center, in partnership with the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission, has collected 24 stories of people fleeing enslavement in the mid-1800s into a new interactive ...