Local Stories of the Underground Railroad
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Sat, Feb 28 , 2026
15891 Paxton Avenue, South Holland, IL 60473
The stories, while not always fully documented in primary sources, reflect a local community’s quiet but vital role in the broader story of freedom and the Underground Railroad.
In the south-suburban Chicago region, including what is today South Holland, Illinois, the network of the Underground Railroad found unexpected local allies. Beginning in the 1830s and through the Civil War era, many freedom seekers fleeing enslavement in the South passed through the Calumet region on their way toward Canada.
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