The Underground Railroad Task force was ... a professor of African American studies at Illinois College, said there is a rich history across the state. The logo used for the Freedom Corridor ...

We wanted to spotlight Underground Railroad sites in Illinois, explore the histories surrounding them and provide travel details, while centering the stories of freedom seekers, formerly enslaved ...

“By any means necessary” was no overstatement when it came to the life-or-death flight to freedom through Illinois’ Underground Railroad. John and Eliza Little walked hundreds of miles from ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois played a pivotal role in the Underground Railroad, with new information about it to be uncovered. State Senator Dave Koehler, alongside other Illinois ...

A task force created by a 2023 law to explore ways chronicle Illinois’ Underground Railroad history announced its findings, recommending the state create a commission that would organize ...

Railroad history in Illinois began in Meredosia in 1838. The Northern Cross was the first railroad west of the Allegheny Mountains and North of the Ohio River to use a steam locomotive.