Underground Railroad

After a push in recent years from advocates and state legislators, the St. Louis Cardinals signaled they're open to placing markers at the Lynch slave pen site among others in the area.

The foundation of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church in Brooklyn is eroding and a wall is gradually bulging prompting parishioners to have services in a nearby senior citizens’ center.

“Brooklyn was like a beacon of hope for those who desired to be the architect of their own destinies,” a historian said.

BROOKLYN — On the outskirts of this St. Clair County village, a small green sign reveals how many people live there — about 750. The small community is…

The town of Alton was a major stop for escaped slaves making their way to freedom from St. Louis.Some runaways stayed in Alton, and some continued north…

There’s good reason the U.S. Treasury Department selected Harriet Tubman as the new face of its $20 bill. Tubman lived one of the nation’s most remarkable…

The Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, was a major stop on the Underground Railroad as slaves attempted to make their way from Missouri to a free…

Brooklyn, Ill., is a small, predominantly African-American town, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.What little revenue the town brings in…

Among abolitionists, John Fairfield was unique: He was brutal, not above a shootout; he created elaborate ruses to rescue slaves; and he charged for his…

On the 159th anniversary of Mary Meachum's attempted crossing of the Mississippi River — from what was at the time the slave state of Missouri to the free…