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Resources
The page contains suggestions for resources about the Underground Railroad and related
topics. Don't forget that you can use the "find" option in the
"edit" menu of your browser to find something on this page.
Click on one of these links to quickly find the position on this page of most interest
to you:
You might also find our Links page (with lots of good
internet resources) or our Research page (with advice on how to
do your own Underground Railroad research) of interest.
Your local library is full of great books and librarians who can help you find what you
are looking for. Some libraries have extensive local history collections.
Please see our extensive booklist for additional
suggestions.
- Parker, John P. - His Promised Land: The
autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad
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- Siebert, Wilbur - The
Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom, copyright 1898 by the Macmillan
Company, reprinted in 1968.
The Mysteries of Ohio's Underground Railroads, Long's College Book Company,
Columbus, Ohio, 1951
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- Wilbur Siebert was an Associate Professor of European History at the Ohio State
University. He gathered and published a great deal of information about Underground
Railroad activities in Ohio at a time when some conductors were still alive. In
addition to his published books, the Ohio Historical
Society has boxes of original notes and correspondence in their library.
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- We are pleased to present to you an index, compiled by Alvin C. Adams, of the Negro Underground Railroad workers of Siebert's "Mysteries
of Ohio's Underground Railroads".
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- Visit the Menare Foundation's web
site for a directory
of Underground Railroad operators organized by state and county
based on Wilbur Siebert's work.
Please see our extensive booklist for additional
suggestions.
- Blockson, Charles - The Underground Railroad:
First Person Narratives of Escapes to Freedom in the North
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- Franklin, John Hope and Schweninger, Loren - Runaway
Slaves, Rebels on the Plantation, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1999.
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- Still, William - The Underground Railroad
(1872)
Note:
The digitized version of this classic study has been made available through the
Arnold Bernhard Library. To access this important historical work, go to the
website
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/ugrr/ugrrmain.html
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- Tobin, Jacqueline L. and Dobard, Raymond G. Ph.D. - Hidden in Plain View:
A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, Doubleday, 1999. Note:
Jacqueline Tobin was the keynote speaker for the 4th Annual Ohio
Underground Railroad Summit.
Please see our extensive booklist for additional
suggestions.
For young children:
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Minty: The Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Courtni C.
Griffith
A Place Called Freedom by Scott Russell Sanders
Secret Signs Along the Underground Railroad by Anito Riggio
Middle and high school:
Running for our Lives by Glennette Tilley-Turner
Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive
Slaves by Florence B. Freedman
Freedom's Sons: The True Story of the Amistad Mutiny by Suzanne Jumain
Letters form a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons
Get On Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad by James Haskins
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom by
Virginia Hamilton
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester
Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong
The Underground Railroad by Rayond Bial
Harriet and Promised Land by Jacob Lawrence
Slavery in the United States (1775-1865)
Map of Underground Railroad
Sites in Southeastern Ohio
Thomas, Velma Maia - No Man Can Hinder
Me: The Journey from Slavery to Emancipation Through Song (Book and CD)
Steal Away: Songs of the
Underground Railroad
Stories and songs served as a guide to freedom and were the backbone of the
Underground Railroad. This album, by veteran
singers, songwriters and storytellers Kim and Reggie
Harris, is a rich collection
of mostly traditional music, as well as a remarkable lesson in the
importance of music. Steal Away brings together songs that were filled
with information essential for making the journey north.
Light a Candle In The Window
At the 6th annual Ohio Underground Railroad Summit,
one of the ladies hosting the reception at the Muskingum County
Foundation sang a few songs for us. Her CD with Underground Railroad
related songs - "Light a Candle in the Window" has been
released. It is $15.00.
Local historians and historical societies
- Local historians and historical societies are an invaluable resource. You might
try searching the Ohio Tourism web site or asking
for more information at your local library to find a local historical society.
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- The South West Region page contains an extensive list of local
historical societies in Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton and Warren
Counties.
Government records and resources
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