What are the ongoing legal debates surrounding reparations for slavery and its legacies, and how might the history of the Underground Railroad inform these discussions?

Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, has been designated a "Freedom Station" by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Knox joins a nationwide ... Feb 22, 2025 ... Sat, February 22 • 2:00 pm ... Come visit Sand Ridge Nature Center to learn more about the Underground Railroad that existed in the Calumet Region ... 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. Uncovering the Underground Railroad ... A CD of "Uncovering the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Wayne County, New York, 1820 to ... Pressly's research explores how and why the Southeast, especially the Georgia coast, provided a vital connecting link between the Black self-emancipation that ... In 1786 George Washington complained about how one of his runaway slaves was helped by a "society of Quakers, formed for such purposes." The system grew, and ... Name ... The Underground Railroad ... Artist ... Charles T. Webber (American, b.1825, d.1911), painter ... Date ... 1893 ... Place ... Cincinnati/Ohio/United States ... Medium ... May 5, 2021 ... The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway recounts the life story of Harriet Tubman – freedom seeker, Underground Railroad conductor, ... May 14, 2021 ... It's a story about an orphan slave, Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu), who uses the underground railroad to escape a brutal, 19th century-era Georgia plantation. The Moses of Her People: Conducting the Underground Railroad. With the help of abolitionists along the way, Tubman journeyed from the Brodess' farm in Maryland ...