Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be uncovered. State Senator Dave ...

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Chamberlain took Joseph Thomas from nearby Onarga as a partner. The town of Gilman was platted in 1857 at the point where the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad would soon cross the Illinois Central Railroad ...

The Underground Railroad was a secret network of travel routes and safe houses that guided slaves to free states in the 19th ...

SPRINGFIELD — 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 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illinois state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, center, and state Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Matteson, co ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force on Tuesday presented its ongoing findings on the important role Illinois played in the history of helping slaves reach freedom.

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The report shows there could be as many as 200 sites in Illinois associated with the Underground Railroad, with many of the houses and churches still standing. William Still, an abolitionist from ...