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LancasterHistory's Randolph “Randy” Harris received two awards for his work on Underground Railroad research from the National Park Service.
You already know Harriet Tubman—here are nine other heroes who smuggled fugitives to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
NewsBlock_9AM_022715_HD1080_779.478_1055.689 March 30, 1849. At a secret location in Philadelphia, a box arrives, measuring 3 feet by 2 feet. Inside is fugitive slave Henry Brown. Shipped from Richmond, Virginia, 27 hours earlier, he escaped with help from men on both sides of the racial divide. CBN News met with Dr. Newby-Alexander in her office at Norfolk State University. "You needed partners, you needed blacks and whites working jointly together to help people escape from slavery. People have seen the Underground Railroad as the first integrated resistance movement," she said. The Under...