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Did this tomato travel the Underground Railroad?

It could have been a gift from a runaway enslaved person. Maybe it wasn’t

The Guardian - US

Louise Calloway, 93, founder of a NJ Underground Railroad Museum, has died. A community celebration of life is planned.

Louise Calloway, 93, the curator and executive director of the Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County, died after a brief illness on Feb. 8, during Black History Month.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom

For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression.

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Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago

Chicago had been a destination for freedom seekers. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 changed things, making Canada a safer final destination and Chicago largely a way station on the Underground Railroad.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michigan cemetery where abolitionist, former slave buried gets national historic designation

DETROIT — Buried alongside the thousands of graves in a Birmingham cemetery is a part of American history that may not have been widely known.

Tribune News Service

Lake View school — renamed to honor Harriet Tubman instead of racist biologist — unveils new sign

Chicago Public Schools’ Harriet Tubman Elementary had long been named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz before it was changed last year to honor the Underground Railroad activist.

Chicago Sun-Times

Uncovering the Underground Railroad to Mexico

Thousands of enslaved Black people trekked south to escape bondage, research shows.

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