Manning says not to think of the Underground Railroad as routes on a map but rather a movement of people. “And when people ask me, ‘Where was it?’ Things like that, I always say ...
If you think navigating the London Underground is hard, thank God you weren’t around in 1908. With 402km of tunnels ...
The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many ...
When did we first get the tube map? Maps of the underground started around 150 years ago. At first each different train line had their own separate map. This was okay to start with as there wasn’t ...
being the first underground railway system in the world. Such prestige and history calls for an epic celebration, and luckily enough, The Map House will soon be hosting an insightful exhibition that ...
Only a small number of slaves traveled by the organized network of routes, "conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. African American men and women of all ages ...