“If you listen to the railroad folks ... 68.7 percent of whom were Black and 28.9 percent were white.
In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the help of the underground railroad - a secret ... public patronage the same as a white man," Shadd wrote. Some black people fled to Canada from ...
When the Louisiana legislature in 1890 passed the Separate Car Act, which mandated the racial segregation of railroad passengers, a group of black activists set out to challenge the law.
The Underground Railroad Museum is gearing up to honor the civil rights movement on Saturday. The event will take place at ...