The Underground Railroad: A Selective Bibliography

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: A SELECTEd BIBLIOGRAPHY

Compiled by Dorothy Ann Washington, Black Cultural Center Librarian

 

Most of the citations used for this bibliography were taken from "Researching the Indiana connection to the Underground Railroad" compiled by Wilma Gibbs, Indiana Historical Society.

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Aptheker, Herbert. A documentary history of the Negro people in the United States, 1910-1932. [1st ] ed. Secaucus, N. J.,: The Citadel Press, 1973.

     Black Cultural Center 325.267 Ap84do

Bennett, Lerone. Before the Mayflower : a history of black America. 6th ed. Chicago: Johnson Pub. Co., 1987.

     Black Cultural Center 973.00496073 B439b

Blassingame, John W. Slave testimony : two centuries of letters, speeches, interviews, and autobiographies. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977.

     Black Cultural Center 301.44930973 SL16
     Humanities, Social Science & Education 301.44930973 SL16

Blockson, Charles. "Escape from Slavery: The underground railroad." National Geographic , no. July (1984): 3.

      Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

Cockrum, William Monroe. History of the underground railroad as it was conducted by the Anti-slavery League; including many thrilling encounters between those aiding the slaves to escape and those trying to recapture them. Oakland City, Ind.,: Press of J.W. Cockrum Printing Company, 1915.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education 326.9 C64h

Coffin, Levi. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad. New York,: A. M. Kelley, 1968.

      Black Cultural Center 923.673 C654a
     Humanities, Social Science & Education 923.673 C654a
     Management & Economics (3rd Floor) 923.673 C654a

Douglass, Frederick, and Barbara Ritchie. Life and times of Frederick Douglass. New York,: Crowell, 1966.

     A biography of the nineteenth-century abolitionist who advocated the full freedom of the blacks.

     Black Cultural Center 923.673 D74a4

Finkelman, Paul, and Library of Congress. Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases. Washington: Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O., 1985.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education (Govt Publications) LC 1.12/2:SL1/2

Franklin, John Hope. From slavery to freedom. 6th / ed. New York: Knopf, 1988.

     Black Cultural Center 973.0496073 F854f
     Humanities, Social Science & Education 973.0496073 F854f
     Undergraduate 973.0496073 F854f

Funk, Arville. "The underground railroad in Indiana." Outdoor Indiana, July 1962.

     Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

Gara, Larry. The liberty line; the legend of the underground railroad. Lexington,: University of Kentucky Press, 1961.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education 973.7115 G16L

Gibbs, Wilma L. "Researching the Indiana connection to the Underground Railroad." Black history news and notes , no. November (1999): 1-5.

Hedrick, Joan D. Harriet Beecher Stowe : a life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

     Undergraduate 813 St7B

Hunter, Carol, et al. "African American Resistance in Antebellum Indiana." Black History News & Notes , no. August (1992): 4.

Parker, John P., and Stuart Sprague. His promised land : the autobiography of John P. Parker, former slave and conductor on the underground railroad. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education 975.004960730092 P226B

Quarles, Benjamin. Black abolitionists. New York,: Oxford University Press, 1969.

     Black Cultural Center 973.7114 Qu27b
     Humanities, Social Science & Education 973.7114 Qu27b

Rawick, George P. The American slave : a composite autobiography : supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pub. Co., 1977.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education 301.45196073 Am348

Robert, David. "Assistance and resistance: fugitive slaves and free Blacks in the Underground Railroad." Black History News & Notes , no. November (1996).

Siebert, Wilbur Henry, and Albert Bushnell Hart. The underground railroad from slavery to freedom. New York,: P.Smith, 1967.

     Black Cultural Center 326.0973 Si15u
     Humanities, Social Science & Education 326.0973 Si15u

Thornbrough, Emma Lou. The negro in Indiana before 1900 : a study of a minority. 1st Indiana University Press ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

     Black Cultural Center 977.2 In212

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Finkelman, Paul, and Library of Congress. Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases. Washington: Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O., 1985.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education (Govt Publications) LC 1.12/2:SL1/2

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 : report (to accompany H.R. 1635) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office) Report ; 105-559., ed. States United, Congress, and House. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1998.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education (Govt Publications) Y 1.1/8:105-559

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act : report (to accompany H.R. 2919) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office) Report ; 106-741., ed. States United, Congress, and House. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2000.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education
     Also available from: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5599
     http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5600

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. H.R. 1635, H.R. 755, H.R. 1718, and H.R. 708 : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session ... July 22, 1997--Washington, DC. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O. Supt. of Docs. Congressional Sales Office, 1997.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education Y 4.R

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1997 : report (to accompany S. 887) Report ; 105-217., ed. States United, Congress, and Senate. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1998.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education (Govt Publications) Y 1.1/5:105-217

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act : report (to accompany H.R. 2919) Report ; 106-445., ed. States United, Congress, and Senate. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2000.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education
     Also available from: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8361
     http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8362

United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications. Underground railroad. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Interior, 1998.

     Humanities, Social Science & Education (Govt Publications) I 29.9/5:156

NEWSPAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Cullen, Kevin. "Bill would preserve, mark sites of the underground railroad." Journal & Courier 28 Feb. 1998.

      Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

Keegan, Frank. "Slaves sought refuge at Lafayette home." Journal & Courier 31 July 1975.

      Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

Reser, Alva O. "The underground railroad: local people who assisted negroes escaping to Canada before the war---some hitherto unwritten history." Lafayette Daily Courier 1 April 1916.

      Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

Woods, Paula "The undeground railroad." Interview with Steve Klink. Cox Communications Public Access Channel. 26 Feb. 1997

      The taping of the interview was held at Farmers' Institute Church,
     a house of worship for the Quakers who were staunch abolitionists.

      Black Cultural Center (Reserves) Vertical File

WEB SITES

Levi Coffin House State historic site. Accessed . Available from http://www.waynet.wayne.in.us/nonprofit/coffin.htm

North Carolina Discoveries. The underground railroad. Available from http://www.nando.net/ncd/week5/free4.html

Smith, Russell. Harriett Tubman: Moses of the Civil War. Accessed . Available from http://www.camalott.com/~rssmith/Moses.html

Taking the train to freedom. Accessed . Available from http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/ugsum.htm

Florence B. Freedman. Two Tickets to Freedom. (Montogomery County economics and geography lessons approved as library books for grades 4-7)

Available from http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/Two_Tickets.html