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 ...
From the shores of Lake Michigan to the heart of Detroit, and north to Sault Ste. Marie, sites in Michigan echo through time with stories of the past not often found in textbooks – the stories of ...