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Overview Essays
Dedication
Foreword by Diane Miller
Introduction by Matthew Pinsker
Epilogue by RJM Blackett
Thematic Essays
Five Steps to Understanding Freedom Seekers (Cohen)
US Constitution and Fugitive Slave Laws (Finkelman)
State Laws and Freedom Seeking (Baker)
The Abolitionist Underground (Sinha)
Religion and the Underground Railroad (LaRoche)
Women on the Underground Railroad (Larson)
Violence and Black Resistance (Jackson)
The Politics of Fugitive Slaves (Oakes)
Civil War “Contraband Camps” (Manning)
Underground Railroad Historiography (Crew)
Myths of the Underground Railroad (Bordewich)
Regional Essays
Escaping on the Northwestern Frontier (Johnson)
Freedom Seekers on the Southwestern Frontier (Baumgartner)
Southern Maroon Communities (Pargas)
The Atlantic Coastal Freedom Network (Newby-Alexander)
The Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Valley (Churchill)
Escaping In and Around Washington, DC, Maryland & Virginia (Harrold)
The Underground Railroad in the Middle Atlantic Region (Foner)
The New England Network to Freedom (Grover)
Reconsidering the Underground Railroad in Canada West (Barker)
Timeline
Network To Freedom
Resources
Index of People
Map Room
Image Gallery
Featured Videos
Student Projects
Web Guide
Further Reading
About the Authors
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Home
Overview Essays
Dedication
Foreword by Diane Miller
Introduction by Matthew Pinsker
Epilogue by RJM Blackett
Thematic Essays
Five Steps to Understanding Freedom Seekers (Cohen)
US Constitution and Fugitive Slave Laws (Finkelman)
State Laws and Freedom Seeking (Baker)
The Abolitionist Underground (Sinha)
Religion and the Underground Railroad (LaRoche)
Women on the Underground Railroad (Larson)
Violence and Black Resistance (Jackson)
The Politics of Fugitive Slaves (Oakes)
Civil War “Contraband Camps” (Manning)
Underground Railroad Historiography (Crew)
Myths of the Underground Railroad (Bordewich)
Regional Essays
Escaping on the Northwestern Frontier (Johnson)
Freedom Seekers on the Southwestern Frontier (Baumgartner)
Southern Maroon Communities (Pargas)
The Atlantic Coastal Freedom Network (Newby-Alexander)
The Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Valley (Churchill)
Escaping In and Around Washington, DC, Maryland & Virginia (Harrold)
The Underground Railroad in the Middle Atlantic Region (Foner)
The New England Network to Freedom (Grover)
Reconsidering the Underground Railroad in Canada West (Barker)
Timeline
Network To Freedom
Resources
Index of People
Map Room
Image Gallery
Featured Videos
Student Projects
Web Guide
Further Reading
About the Authors
Special Resources
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