Tagged: underground-railroad

How to Take a Road Trip Through Harriet Tubman's Maryland

Though official records are unsurprisingly spotty for people born into slavery, historians are pretty sure Harriet Tubman's birth year was 1822.The future Underground Railroad…

Freedom Trail: A New Walking Tour of the D.C. Area's Underground Railroad

“$200 Reward.—Ran away from the service of the Rev. J. P. McGuire, Episcopal High School, Fairfax county. Va., on Saturday, 10th inst. Negro Man, Oscar Payne, aged 30 years, 5 feet 4…