While most scholarship on the Underground Railroad has focused on overland escape routes, a forthcoming lecture at Sail ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - A windy day outside means a good day on the water for Josh Johnson. “I started sailing in 2004, just here around Wrightsville Beach,” said Johnson. Sailing isn’t just ...

“In ‘Sailing to Freedom’, guests will meet figures like Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who escaped to freedom in 1849 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate to abolitionists in Philadelphia. This ...

ST. MICHAELS — Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s new exhibit shows changing perspectives of the Chesapeake Bay’s relationship with the Underground Railroad by centering stories of freedom seekers. You ...

Due to the inclement weather this past Thursday, the English-Speaking Union had to cancel its program but is rescheduling it for two weeks later, Thursday, March 6. We’ve all surely heard about the ...

We’ve all surely heard about the Underground Railroad’s land routes slaves used to escape the antebellum South, but did you know thousands made their way to the coastal waters of the Carolinas and ...