BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bentley, Judith. Dear Friend: Thomas Garrett & William Still, Collaborators on the Underground Railroad. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1997. (Young Adult)

Bial, Raymond (Photographer). The Underground Railroad (Photo Essay). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995. (Ages 9-12)

Brill, Marlene Targ. Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1993. (Ages 4-8)

Brindell Fraden, Dennis. Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves. New york: Clarion Books, 2000. (Young Adult)

Carbone, Elisa Lynn. Stealing Freedom. New York: Knopf, 1998. (Ages 9-12)

Haskins, Jim. Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad. New york: Scholastic, 1997. (Ages 9-12)

Knapp Sawyer, Kem. The Underground Railroad in American History. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1997. (Ages 9-12)

Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. New york: Harper Trophy, 1996. (Ages 9-12)

Rappaport, Doreen. Escape From Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom. New York: Harper Collins Juvenile Books, 1999. (Ages 9-12)

Ringgold, Faith. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. (Ages 4-8)

Smucker, Barbara. Runaway to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. (Ages 4-8)

Sterling, Dorothy. Freedom Train. New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1991. (Ages 9-12)

Wright, Courtni C. Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad. New York: Holiday House, 1997. (Ages 4-8)

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SUGGESTED WEBSITES

General African American History Sites

Encyclopedia Brittanica
Guide to Black History
http://blackhistory.eb.com
Digital Schomburg Images of African Americans from the 19th Century http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19
African American Odyssey
(Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
Gateway to African-American History
(Department of State)
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/

History of Slavery Sites

The Abolitionist from
"African Genesis"
http://afgen.com/slave1.html
Slavery: 1819-1854
from Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog09/index.html
Conflict of Abolition and Slavery from "African American Mosaic"
(Library of Congress)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam007.html
Africans in America: America's Journey through slavery
from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/

General Underground Railroad Sites

National Geographic Special Feature on the Underground Railroad http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad
UGRR Freedom Center http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/index.asp

The Menare Foundation's
North Star Website
http://www.ugrr.org/
University of California at Davis Underground Railroad Site http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm

Underground Railroad in Michigan Sites

Routes of escaping slaves http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/ci vilwar/undergro.html
Virtual tour of the UGRR in Michigan from the Detroit Historical Museum http://detroithistorical.com/html/tours/sec05/con03.htm
UGRR operators in Michigan by County http://www.ugrr.org/names/map-mi.htm
Founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society from MichMarkers.com http://www.michmarkers.com/Pages/S0448.htm
The Underground Railroad in Washtenaw County: A Community Collaboration in Public History http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/outreach/museum.html

Other Related Sites

A site created by Pocantico Hills School about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html
Sites for American Sign Language (ASL) and Theater Interpreting (Wild Swan Theater has ASL interpreters for all of their plays) http://www.terptheatre.com

http://www.aslinfo.com
Bentley Historical Library http://www.umich.edu/~bhl

The Arts of Citizenship Program
Events Calendar
http://www.artsofcitizenship.umich.edu/calendar/index.html
The The Underground Railroad
in Canada
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/freedom/index1.htm

 

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