By Melissa Noel ·Updated February 21, 2024
Many of us may be familiar with the story of the Underground Railroad as a northern route that enslaved Africans used to escape and find freedom. A largely untold story, however, is about the journey to freedom for many enslaved people from Texas to Mexico and Silvia Hector Webber’s important role in helping them get there.
Now, the new exhibit “Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation” at
