“I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation...I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD.”

- William Lloyd Garrison,
The Liberator, 1831

Resources

Underground Railroad Websites
Underground Railroad Books for Adults
Underground Railroad Books for Children & Youth
Other Underground Railroad Resources

Underground Railroad Websites

• The Underground Railroad
• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• The Friends of Freedom Society - Ohio Underground Railroad Association
• Voices from the Days of Slavery (Library of Congress)
• Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project (Library of 
  Congress )
• African-American Women, Online Archival Collections (Duke University)
• African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920 (Brown University)
• African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (Accessible Archives) *Subscription only 
• Geography of Slavery in Virginia (University of Virginia)
• Census Database in Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War (University of Virginia)
• Slavery and the Making of America (Thirteen/WNET New York) 
• Slavery in New York (New York Historical Society)
• History Matters: The U.S. Survey on the Web (George Mason University)
• ED Sitement: The Best of the Humanities on the Web (National Endowment for the
  Humanities & the Marco Polo Foundation)

Underground Railroad Books for Adults

• Anquandah, Kwesi J. Castles and Forts of Ghana. Atalante, Ghana: Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
• Ball, Edward. Slaves in the Family. Thorndike, ME: G. K. Hall, 1999, c1998.
• Blockson, Charles. Underground Railroad. NY: Prentice Hall Press. Division of Simon & Schuster, 1998. 
• Bok, Francis. Escape From Slavery. NY: St. Martin's Press, c2003.
• Bontemps, Arna. Great Slave Narratives. Boston: Beacon Press, 1969.
• Bradford, Sarah. Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People. Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, 1993.  
• Bradford, Sarah. The Moses of Her People: Harriet Tubman. Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1981.
• Butler, Nancy & Power, Michael.  Slavery and Freedom in Niagara. Ontario: The Niagara Historical Society, 1993.
• Clinton, Catherine. Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. NY: Little Brown & Co., 2004.
• Franklin, John Hope. In Search of the Promised Land: A Black Family and the Old South. NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Franklin, John Hope. Mirror to America:  The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin. NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005.
• Gates, Henry Lewis, Jr. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. NY: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
• Gayla, Sharon. Harriet Tubman and The Freedom Train. NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002.
• Hartman, Saidiya. Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.
• Hine, Darlene Clark. The African-American Odyssey. NY: Prentice Hall, 2002.
• Jacobs, Harriet and Myrlie Evers-Williams. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Signet Classics, 2000.
• Kallen, Stuart A. Life on the URR. NY: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
• McGovern, Ann. Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman. NY:
• Rebound by Sagebrush, 1999.
• Pettit, Eber M.  Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad. Chautauqua Region Press, 1999.
• Rennert, Richard, ed. Shapers of America: Profiles of Great Black Americans (Harriet Tubman). Chelsea House Publishers, 1992.
• Siebert, Wilbur H. The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom.  London: MacMillan, 1899.                                   
• Still, William. Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, Sc. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1970.                                                               
• Thomas, Owen A. Niagara's Freedom Trail: A Guide to African-Canadian History on the Niagara Peninsula. NY: Region Niagara Tourist Council, 1995.
• Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery. Robinson Books, 2002.
• Wheatley, Phyillis, edited with an introduction by Julian D. Mason, Jr.  The Poems of Phyllis Wheatley. University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
• Wray, John. Canaan's Tongue. NY, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

Underground Railroad Books for Children & Youth

• Adler, David. A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman. New York: Scholastic, 1992.
• Armstrong, Jennifer. Steal Away. New York: Orchard Books, 1992.
• Ayres, Katherine. North by Night. New York: Delacorte Press, 1998.
• Bains, Rea. The Road to Freedom. NJ: Troll Assoc., 1982.
• Benjamin, Anne. Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter. NJ: Troll Assoc., 1992.
• Bently, Judith. Harriet Tubman: An Impact Biography. NY, NY: Franklin Watts, 1990.
• Brill, Marlene Targ. Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad. Minnesota: Carolrhoda Books, c1993.
• Bial, Rayond. The Underground Railroad. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
• Carbone, Elisa. Stealing Freedom. NY: Knopf, 1998.
• Carlson, Judy. Harriet Tubman: Call to Freedom. NY: Fawcette Columbine, 1989.
• Carter, Polly. Harriet Tubman and Black History Month. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Press, 1990.
• Clark, Margaret Goff. Freedom Crossing. NY: Scholastic, Inc., c1980.
• Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.
• Ferris, Jeri. Go Free or Die, A Story About Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1988.
• Ferris, Jeri. Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., c.1988.
• Freedman, Florence B. Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1971.
• Gayle, Sharon Shavers. Escape! A Story of the Underground Railroad. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, c1999.
• Gresko, Marcia. Harriet Tubman. Huntington Beach: Teacher Created Materials Inc., 1997.
• Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. New York: Knopf, 1993.
• Haskins, Jim. Get On Board: The Story of the UGRR.  New York: Scholastic, 1993.
• Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. New York: Knopf, 1993.
• Humphreville, Frances. Harriet Tubman, Flame of Freedom. Boston: Houghton Miffin Co., 1967.
• Johnson, Dolores. Now Let Me Fly: The Story of A Slave Family. NY: Macmillan, 1993.
• Jurmain, Suzanne. Freedom's Sons: The True Story of the Amistad Mutiny. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1968.
• Kelton, Nancy. Rebel Slave. Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers, 1977.
• Lasky, Kathryn. True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad. NY: Scholastic, c1996.
• Lawrence, Jacob. Harriet and the Promised Land.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
• Lester, Julius. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road.  New York: Dial Books, c 1998.   
• Levine, Ellen. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. NY: Scholastic, 1988.
• Loesch, Joe and Cheryl J. Hutchinson (Editor). The Underground Railroad Featuring Harriet Tubman: With Buffalo Biff and Farley's Raiders (Backyard Adventures/Time Travelers Series, 5. NY: Toy Box Productions, 2003. 
• Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs. New York: Scribner's, c 1992.
• McCurdy, Michael, ed. Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own Words. NY: Knopf, c1994.
• McGovern, Anne. Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman. New York: Scholastic, 1965.      
• McKissack, Patricia. A Picture of Freedom. NY: Scholastic, 1997.                   
• McLoone, Margo.  Harriet Tubman: A Photo Illustrated Biography. Mankato: Bridgestone Press, 1997.
• McLoone, Margo.  Sojourner Truth: A Photo Illustrated Biography. Mankato: Bridgestone Press, 1997.
• McMullan, Kate. Conductor of the Underground Railroad: The Story of Harriet Tubman. New York: Dell Publishing, 1991.
• Meyer, Linda D. They Called Me Moses: Harriet Tubman. New York: Dell Publishing, 1988.
• Monjo, F.N. The Drinking Gourd. USA: Harper Collins, 1993.
• Moore, Kay. If You Lived at The Time of the Civil War. NY: Scholastic, 1994.
• Olenyik, Barbara. A Good Night for Freedom. NY: Holiday House, 2003.                                 
• Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.  New York: Harper Trophy, 1996. (See other resources also.)
• Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on The Underground Railroad. New York: Pocket Books, Division of Simon & Schuster, 1971.
• Ransom, Candice. Liberty Street. NY: Walker & Company, 2003.
• Rappaport, Doreen. Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom. NY: Harper Collins, c1991.
• Riggio, Anita. Secret Signs: Along the Underground Railroad. PA: Boyd Mills Press, 1997.
• Ringgold, Faith. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. NY: Crown Publishers, 1992.
• Smucker, Barbara. Runaway to Freedom. NY: Harper & Row, c1977.
• Stein, R. Conrad. Cornerstone of Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad. Chicago: Children's Press, 1981.
• Sterling, Dorothy. Freedom Train. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc., 1954.
• Taylor, M.W. Black Americans of Achievement Harriet Tubman Antislavery Activist. New York: Chelsea House, 1991.
• Tilley-Turner, Glennette. Running for Our Lives. New York: Holiday House, c 1994.
• Whelan, Gloria. Friend on Freedom River. MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2004.
• Winter, Jeanette. Follow the Drinking Gourd. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.,
• 1988.
• Wright, Courtni C. and Gershom Griffith. Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad. New York: Holiday House, 1994.
• Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Message in the Sky. NY: Scholastics, 2003.

Other Underground Railroad Resources

• Abraham, Philip. Harriet Tubman. Children's Press, p.24, c.2002.
• Carlson, Judy. Great Lives: Harriet Tubman, Call to Freedom. NY: Ballantine Books, 1988. Teacher's Guide
• Carson, Mary Kay. The Underground Railroad for Kids: from Slavery to Freedom (includes 21 activities). Chicago: Review Press, c 2005.
• Klingel, Cynthia F. Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor. Child's World, p.32, c. 2004.
• Clifford Larsen, Kate. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of An American Hero. NY: Random House, 2004.
• Lawrence, Jacob. Harriet and the Promised Land.  (Video recording) Thursday Recordings for Spoken Arts. (Also a paperback by Aladdin.)
• “Light a Candle in the Window” - UGRR related songs (CD)
• Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, c. 1999. (5 audio cassettes; 6.5 hrs.); analog.
• Sernett, Milton C. North Star Country: Upstate NY and the Crusade for African American Freedom. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2002.
• Williams, Carla. The Underground Railroad. Child's World, p.40, c. 2002.