Underground Railroad

You are a slave in Maryland in the 1800s. Can you escape? Learn what challenges slaves faced in National Geographic’s Underground Railroad Adventure, an interactive website that allows users to trace and relive the experience of a runaway slave. Although primarily geared towards towards grade school students, the site gives all visitors of any age easy access to a broad array of information, pictures, photographs, biographies, resources, and more about the Underground Railroad.

For more detailed and in-depth information on the Underground Railroad, please check out the following resources:

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery
• National Park Service: Aboard the Underground Railroad
• Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad

Celebrate Black History

 

An interactive, multi-media website from the same people that brought you cable television’s Biography Channel. The sites features profiles of prominent African-American personalities, ranging from Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X to Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, as well as quizes, games, videos and more about black history. Must See: Black History Timeline. For more information, visit Celebrate Black History.