The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom A comprehensive history
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The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES AND MAPS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
CHAPTER II
ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE UNDERGROUND ROAD
CHAPTER III
THE METHODS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
CHAPTER IV
UNDERGROUND AGENTS, STATION-KEEPERS, OR CONDUCTORS
CHAPTER V
STUDY OF THE MAP OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SYSTEM
CHAPTER VI
ABDUCTION OF SLAVES FROM THE SOUTH
CHAPTER VII
LIFE OF THE COLORED REFUGEES IN CANADA
CHAPTER VIII
FUGITIVE SETTLERS IN THE NORTHERN STATES
CHAPTER IX
PROSECUTIONS OF UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MEN
CHAPTER X
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN POLITICS
CHAPTER XI
EFFECT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
APPENDIX A
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS AND NATIONAL ACTS RELATIVE TO FUGITIVE SLAVES, 1787-1850
Fugitive Clause in Northwest Ordinance of 1787. [Chapter II, p. 20.]
Fugitive Clause in the Constitution. [Chapter II, p. 20.]
First Fugitive Slave Act. [Chapter II, p. 21.]
Fugitive Slave Clause in the Missouri Compromise. [Chapter X, p. 298.]
Second Fugitive Slave Act. [Chapter II, p. 22.]
Fugitive Clause in Northwest Ordinance of 1787. [Chapter II, p. 20.]
Fugitive Clause in the Constitution. [Chapter II, p. 20.]
First Fugitive Slave Act. [Chapter II, p. 21.]
Fugitive Slave Clause in the Missouri Compromise. [Chapter X, p. 298.]
Second Fugitive Slave Act. [Chapter II, p. 22.]
APPENDIX B
LIST OF IMPORTANT FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES
APPENDIX C
FIGURES FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS RELATING TO FUGITIVE SLAVES
APPENDIX D
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Unpublished Reminiscences
2. Printed Collections of Underground Railroad Incidents
3. Personal Recollections
4. Letters, Diaries and Scrap-books
5. Biographies and Memoirs
6. Slave Biographies and Autobiographies
7. Materials relating to Slavery and Fugitive Slaves in Canada
8. State, County and Local Histories
9. Reports of Societies
10. Records of Trials
11. Periodicals and Newspapers
12. Histories of Religious Societies
13. Materials Bearing on Legislation
14. Contemporaneous and Modern Books on Slavery
15. Secondary Works
16. Libraries
1. Unpublished Reminiscences
2. Printed Collections of Underground Railroad Incidents
3. Personal Recollections
4. Letters, Diaries and Scrap-books
5. Biographies and Memoirs
6. Slave Biographies and Autobiographies
7. Materials relating to Slavery and Fugitive Slaves in Canada
8. State, County and Local Histories
9. Reports of Societies
10. Records of Trials
11. Periodicals and Newspapers
12. Histories of Religious Societies
13. Materials Bearing on Legislation
14. Contemporaneous and Modern Books on Slavery
15. Secondary Works
16. Libraries
PRINTED COLLECTIONS OF UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INCIDENTS
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS
SLAVE BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
MATERIALS RELATING TO SLAVERY AND FUGITIVE SLAVES IN CANADA
STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL HISTORIES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
MATERIALS BEARING ON LEGISLATION
CONTEMPORANEOUS AND MODERN BOOKS ON SLAVERY
REPORTS OF SOCIETIES
HISTORIES OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
SECONDARY WORKS
IMAGINATIVE WORKS
APPENDIX E
DIRECTORY OF THE NAMES OF UNDERGROUND RAILROAD OPERATORS
MEMBERS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS[990]
MEMBERS OF THE "LEAGUE OF GILEADITES" OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS[991]
MEMBERS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK[992]
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA[993]
INDEX
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