How did the Underground Railroad adapt its strategies in response to increased surveillance and enforcement of fugitive slave laws?

This Act may be cited as the ''National Underground Railroad. Network to Freedom Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds ... Below is a list of Ohio sites that were part of the Underground Railroad. Read more about these stops and download a printable version of the trail map. Rich in oral histories, maps, memoirs, and archaeological investigations, this examination of the "geography of resistance" tells the new, powerful, and ... Feb 10, 2017 ... Whitehead detailed his journey to becoming a writer and the story behind “The Underground Railroad” on Thursday as the featured speaker of the VCU Libraries' ... Jan 27, 2020 ... Bucks County was home to many important stops on the railroad from taverns and churches to privately owned farms, many of which can still be visited today. A series of hiding places throughout the country where fugitives could hide during the day and travel under the cover of night. In the meantime, the NPS has identified four Underground Railroad–related sites in Virginia: Bruin's Slave Jail, in Alexandria; Fort Monroe, in Hampton Roads; ... Jun 19, 2023 ... We will walk in the footsteps of former enslaved people, but not as an historical remembrance. Their moment in time will be our moment—the ... A smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary America. Feb 19, 2024 ... The Underground Railroad's history in Illinois originates in the Southern part of the state, with freedom seekers using the natural routes of the two rivers ...