By Congressional passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act in 1854, the vast Kansas Territory became a stage for the national battle over slavery’s expansion. Among dramatic activities on this land was an organized ‘network to freedom’ of nearly 100 stops across eastern Kansas.

Of an estimated 4000 people who escaped slavery from along the Missouri-Kansas border, some 2500 reached Topeka, the Kansas capital and host city for the 2010 National Underground Railroad Conference. They left over the “Lane Trail to Freedom” named for Senator James Lane.

Please visit here in July 2010 for our educational brochure on the Lane Trail. Until then, it is our privilege to invite you and all freedom and historical enthusiasts to…

Register for the 2010 National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Conference.

Kansas Network to Freedom

In partnership with Friends of the Free State Capitol, a registered 501 (c) (3) organization, the Kansas Network to Freedom is a not-for-profit local partner with the National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The Kansas Network to Freedom seeks to commemorate, preserve, and educate about sites and associated resources of the Underground Railroad in Kansas.

The Lane Trail to Freedom brochure on the Underground Railroad in Kansas is coming to this website in July 2010. Download the PDF version (2.4 Mb).