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Did You Know Texas Had Its Own "Harriet Tubman" Who Helped Enslaved Black People Escape To Mexico?

The home of abolitionist Silvia Hector Webber and her husband served as an outpost of the Underground Railroad, where they helped enslaved people gain freedom by crossing the border into Mexico. ....

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New UT exhibit highlights slaves' journey to freedom through Texas

The story of the Underground Railroad is largely taught in American history as a northern route that slaves used to escape and find their freedom, but a new exhibit at a University of Texas museum is highlighting the untold stories of slaves paths to freedom to Mexico. ....

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