He helped the enslaved flee to Mexico. Now he's buried by Trump's border wall.
Nathaniel Jackson was a leader in the southern spur of the Underground Railroad, helping people flee south where migrants are now blocked from fleeing north.
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Nathaniel Jackson was a leader in the southern spur of the Underground Railroad, helping people flee south where migrants are now blocked from fleeing north.
Rather than head north, many of those in bondage made a different treacherous journey in a bold quest for freedom that historians are now unearthing
Border Patrol documents show 15.6 miles of Rio Grande Valley border barriers are...
The ‘big, beautiful wall’ has kept US citizens away from the no man’s land it created – and in effect ceded the territory to Mexico
[uam_ad id="317182"] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Between 1821 and 1865, thousands of enslaved African Americans crossed the Rio Grande to seek a different future; however, their stories and of those who aided them, remained buried in obscurity until recently. “In Mexico you could be free. They didn’t care what color your skin was”. (Photo internet reproduction) Unlike the so-called “Underground Railroad” – the network organized by abolitionists in the 19th century to help slaves escape to northern states and Canada – the history of which is taught to high school students in the U...