Think & Drink: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United StatesHistorian, Larry McClellan, author of Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois (Southern Illinois University Press, 2023), shares untold stories of enslaved people escaping north to Illinois and the Chicago area. McClellan's research explores multiple escape routes, including the pivotal role of