With dozens of sites in Illinois designated as part of the Underground Railroad, this 3-day trip itinerary includes a sweeping range of locations.
Clockwise from top left: The Antioch Baptist Church in Venice, Chicago's Finest Marina in Chicago, the Second Reading Book Shop in Alton and The Gillett House in Jacksonville are all Underground Railroad sites in Illinois. Photographs were made using an iPhone tintype filter.
With more than 50 sites on our map of Illinois’ Underground Railroad, it would be quite challenging to make the 1,100-mile round trip in a single vacation. But as September is International Underground Railroad Month, if you’ve got a few days free, plan a weekender to visit the places where freedom seekers took refuge in their escapes from enslavement and get to know the stories of how they made new lives for themselves in Illinois communities.This 3-day itinerary will require car travel and starts off in the Chicago area.
Your destination is Alton, in the southwest corner of the state near St. Louis. But you have a few options for the journey. You could stop at the southern edge of Chicago to visit
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