While it was not an ordinary railroad, one with tracks and moving trains, it had an end destination: freedom. A destination embarked upon by hundreds of escaping slaves. Quilt Codes of the Underground ...

At the northwest corner of Central Park, construction is under way on Frederick Douglass Circle, a $15.5 million project honoring the escaped slave who became a world-renowned orator and abolitionist.

Feb. 22—It's amazing the things that can be said with a piece of fabric — a lesson that was taken to heart by members of the Madison County Historical Society after a presentation from Colonel Judy ...

The quilts that hung from the porch railings or over the bushes in front of the slave quarters didn't mean much to their owners. But to their slaves, the images and patterns held messages to help them ...

As a hobby, quilting is often about remembering loved ones. Today almost a million Americans make some kind of quilt, including replica Revolutionary War quilts, and, increasingly Underground Railroad ...

During the nearly 250 years of slavery in America, it’s believed that some cover was actually undercover. There were no written records of an underground railroad quilt code that aided runaway slaves ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the ...