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• Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life, by Lydia Maria Child
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• Massachusetts in Mourning, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (page images at MOA)
• The New Crime Against Humanity, by Theodore Parker (page images at MOA)
• No Slave-Hunting in the Old Bay State: An Appeal to the People and Legislature of Massachusetts (1860), by Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Charles C. Burleigh (multiple formats with commentary at eserver.org)
• Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (for Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail, by Daniel Drayton
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• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad, by Levi Coffin (page images at MOA)
• The Rev. J. W. Loguen, As a Slave and As a Freeman, by Jermain Wesley Loguen (page images at MOA)
• A Short History and Description of the Ojibbeway Indians Now on a Visit to England: With Correct Likenesses, Engraved From Daguerreotype Plates, Taken By M. Claudet (1844), by Charles Stuart, illust. by Claudet. M. (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Speech of Horace Mann, of Massachusetts on the Subject of Slavery in the Territories, and the Consequences of a Dissolution of the Union, by Horace Mann (page images at MOA)
• Stories of the Underground Railroad (1941), by Anna L. Curtis, illust. by William Brooks (multiple formats at shockfamily.net)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom, by Wilbur H. Siebert ... With an introduction by Albert Bushnell Hart. (New York, The Macmillan company; [etc., etc.], 1898), by Wilbur Henry Siebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fugitives : and other poems / by John E. Barrett. (Buffalo (N.Y.) : The Peter Paul Book Company, 1897), by John E. Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Underground railroad : management concepts/environmental assessment. (Denver, Colo. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, [1996]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography of Henry Parker. ([N.p., 187-?]), by Henry Parker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times : how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." / Edited from his manuscript. (Chicago : R. R. McCabe, [c1890]), by Calvin Fairbank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton : for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail : including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the schooner Pearl. (Boston : B. Marsh, New York : American and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, 1855), by Daniel Drayton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first annual report of the New York committee of vigilance, for the year 1837, together with important facts relative to their proceedings ... Pub. by direction of the committee. (New York, Piercy & Reed, printers, 1837), by New York committee of vigilance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. By Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Philadelphia, Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842), by Edward Prigg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. With an appendix, containing a sketch of his life. (Boston, Pub. at the Anti-slavery office, 1845), by Jonathan Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. With an appendix, containing a sketch of his life ... (Boston, Pub. at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1848), by Jonathan Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author; together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, and most liberal aiders and advisers, of the road. By William Still. (Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, 1872), by William Still (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report[s] / Mr. Smith of Wabash from the Committee on Internal Improvements. ([Vandalia? : W. Walters?], 1839), by Illinois. House of Representatives. Committee on Internal Improvements (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of Hon. J.M. Mason, of Virginia, on the compromise measures : delivered in the Senate, December 17, 1851. (Washington : Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1851), by J. M. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the condition and wants of the colored refugees. (New York.), by New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (page images at HathiTrust)
• John and Mary; or, The fugitive slaves. A tale of south-eastern Pennsylvania. By Ellwood Griest. (Lancaster, Pa., Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company, 1873), by Ellwood Griest (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trial and imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for aiding slaves to escape from bondage. with an appendix containing a sketch of his life. (Boston, Published at the Anti-slavery office, 1846), by Jonathan Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richard Henry Dana, jr. Speeches in stirring times, and Letters to a son, ed., with introductory sketch and notes by Richard H. Dana(3d) (Boston New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1910), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fugitive slaves (1619-1865) / by Marion Gleason McDougall ; prepared under the direction of Albert Bushnell Hart. (Boston, U.S.A. : Ginn & Co., 1891), by Marion Gleason McDougall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fugitive slave law in Wisconsin, with reference to nullification sentiment, by Vroman Mason ... (Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1895), by Vroman Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Bayly of Accomack, on the bill to prevent citizens of New York from carrying slaves out of this commonwealth, and to prevent the escape of persons charged with the commission of any crime, and in reply to Mr. Scott of Fauquier, delivered in the House of delegates of Virginia, on the 25th and 26th of February 1841. Published by members of the Senate and House of delegates. (Richmond, Printed by Sheperd and Colin, 1841), by Bayly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of a reformer, 1832-1892. (Toronto, Hunter, Rose, 1893), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A few suggestions upon the personal liberty law and "secession" (so called). In a letter to a friend. (Boston, Printed by J. Wilson and Son, 1861), by Benjamin Franklin Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Randolph epistles. ([Washington, 1850]), by Seth Barton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The moving power. A discourse delivered in the First Congregational Unitarian church in Philadelphia, Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 1851, after the occurrence of a fugitive slave case. By W. H. Furness. (Philadelphia, Merrihew and Thompson, Printers, 1851), by William Henry Furness (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. (Cincinnati, Western Tract Society, [1876]), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse on the covenant with Judas, (Boston, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1842), by John Pierpont (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slave-catcher caught in the meshes of eternal law. By Asa Rand. (Cleveland, Steam-Press of Smead and Cowles, 1852), by Asa Rand (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Constitution. etc. (Boston?, 185-?]), by Defensive League of Freedom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a committee of representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the condition and wants of the colored refugees. ([New York, 1862]), by New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. [from old catalog] (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Theophilus C. Callicot of Kings, against the Personal liberty bill. (Albany, Comstock & Cassidy, printers, 1860), by Theophilus Carey Callicot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Massachusetts in mourning. A sermon, preached in Worcester, on Sunday, June 4, 1854. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. (Boston, J. Munroe, 1854), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. James W. Grimes, of Iowa, on the surrender of slaves by the army; delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 14, 1862. (Washington, Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1862), by James W. Grimes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fugitive slaves: a sermon, preached in the North Congregational Church, Winchendon, on the day of the annual fast, April 11, 1850. By A. P. Marvin. Published by request. (Boston, J. P. Jewett & Co., 1850), by Abijah Perkins Marvin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil government. (Princeton, N.J., 1851), by Moses] Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American citizen. A discourse on the nature and extent of our religious subjection to the government under which we live: including an inquiry into the Scriptural authority of that provision of the Constitution of the United States, which requires the surrender of fugitive slaves. Delivered in the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, in the city of New York ... December 12, 1850 ... By John M. Krebs, D.D. (New York, C. Scribner, 1851), by John M. Krebs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground rail road. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, (Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, 1872), by William Still (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Constitutional meeting at Faneuil Hall, November 26th, 1850. (Boston : Printed by Beals & Greene, 1850), by Constitutional Meeting (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. <To accompany bill S. no. 141> ([Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1864]), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Disclosures and confessions of Frank. A. Wilmot, the slave thief and negro runner. With an accurate account of the Under-ground railroad! What it is and where located! By a late conductor of the same. Also--full particulars of the plans adopted for running off slaves from the Southern states to the Canadas. Added to which is a history of the abduction of Miss Lucille Hamet, the planter's daughter, and a true description of slave life on a plantation. (Philadelphia, Barclay & Co., [1860]), by Franklin A. Wilmot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter to His Excellency Wm. H. Seward, governor of the state of New-York, touching the surrender of certain fugitives from justice ... (New-York, Printed by W. Osborn, 1841), by William Farley Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Still's underground rail road records : with a life of the author... / By William Still. (Philadelphia : William Still, 1886), by William Still (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Western Reserve and the fugitive slave law; a prelude to the civil war (Cleveland, Ohio, 1920), by William Cox Cochran (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the underground railroad : as it was conducted by the Anti-slavery League ; including many thrilling encounters between those aiding the slaves to escape and those trying to recapture them / by Col. William M. Cockrum. (Oakland City, Ind. : J.W. Cockrum Printing Company, [1915]), by William Munroe Cockrum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our duty to the fugitive slave: a discourse delivered on Sunday, October 6, in West Boylston, Mass., and in Worcester, December 15. By Rev. K. Arvine. (Boston, J.P. Jewett & co., 1850), by Kazlitt Arvine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richard Henry Dana, jr. : ... speeches in stirring times and letters to a son / ed., with introductory sketch and notes by Richard H. Dana. (Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin company, 1910), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad : being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. (Cincinnati : The Robert Clarke Company, 1898), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the Underground Railroad : being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. (London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ; Cincinnati : Westrn Tract Society, 1876), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of Attorney General Brent, to His Excellency, Gov. Lowe, in relation to the Christiana treason trials, in the Circuit Court of the United States, held at Philadelphia. ([s.l. : s.n.], 1852), by Maryland. Attorney General's Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richard Henry Dana, jr. ... speeches in stirring times, and letters to a son, ed., with introductory sketch and notes by Richard H. Dana (3d) (Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1910), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. (London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; Cincinnati, Ohio, Western tract society, 1879), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the schooner Pearl. (Boston: B. Marsh; New York: American and foreign anti-slavery society, 1853), by Daniel Drayton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new crime against humanity : a sermon preached at the Music Hall, in Boston, on Sunday, June 4, 1854 : with the lesson of the day for the previous Sunday / by Theodore Parker. (Boston : B.B. Mussey, 1854), by Theodore Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biography of an American bondman / by his daughter. (Boston : R. F. Wallcut, 1856, c1855), by Josephine Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arguments of E.C. Larned, Esq., counsel for the defence : on the trial of Joseph Stout, indicted for rescuing a fugitive slave from the United States deputy marshal, at Ottawa, Ill., Oct. 20, 1859 / delivered in the United States District Court in the northern district of Illinois, Monday and Tuesday, March 12 & 13, 1860 ; by R. R. Hitt, reporter. (Chicago : Press & Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1860), by Edwin C. Larned (page images at HathiTrust)
• Running a thousand miles for freedom; : or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery ... (London : William Tweedie ..., 1860), by William Craft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Removal of Judge Douglas by the Senate as chairman of the Committee on Territories letter of Judge Douglas in reply to the speech of Dr. Gwin at Grass Valley, Cal. ([Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 1859]), by Stephen A. Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The constitutional provision respecting fugitives from service or labor, and the act of Congress, of September 18, 1850. By Thomas H. Talbot. (Boston, B. Marsh, 1852), by Thomas H. Talbot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom / by the Rev. W.M. Mitchell. (London : W. Tweedie ; Manchester : W. Bremner ; Edinburg : J. Menzies, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fugitive slave law and its victims (New York : American Anti-Slavery Society, 1861), by Samuel May (page images at HathiTrust)
• A north-side view of slavery. : The refugee; or, The narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada related by themselves, with an account of the history and condition of the colored population of upper Canada / By Benjamin Drew. (Boston : J. P. Jewett and company; New York : Sheldon, Lamport and Blakeman; [etc., etc.], 1856), by Benjamin Drew (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman : a narrative of real life. (Syracuse, N.Y. : J.G.K. Truair & Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a committee of the representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the condition and wants of the colored refugees. ([New York? : s.n., 1862?]), by New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of the judgments of the bench, in the Anderson extradition case or, Seven ways of proving that Anderson should not be remanded : with the judgments of the court appended. (Toronto : Printed for the publisher, 1861), by George T. Denison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Levy of Florida on the tenth article of the treaty of Washington, and certain fugitive criminals from Florida. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 5, 1844. (Washington, Printed by Blair and Rives, 1844), by David Levy Yulee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of Richard H. Dana, Jr., Esq., before the Committee on Federal Relations : on the proposed removal of Edward G. Loring, Esq. from the office of judge of probate, March 5, 1855. (Boston : Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1855), by Richard Henry Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vermont's anti-slavery and underground railroad record, with a map add illustrations, by Wilbur H. Siebert. (Columbus, O., The Spahr and Glenn co., 1937), by Wilbur Henry Siebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address of the committee appointed by a public meeting, held at Faneuil Hall, September 24, 1846, for the purpose of considering the recent case of kidnapping from our soil, and of taking measures to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages. With an appendix. (Boston, White & Potter, Printers, 1846), by Boston (Mass.). Citizens (page images at HathiTrust)
• An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270 ([Richmond?, 1861?]), by Confederate States of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new crime against humanity. A sermon, preached at the Music hall, in Boston, on Sunday, June 4, 1854./ By Theodore Parker. (Boston, B. B. Mussey & co., 1854), by Theodore Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Oberlin-Wellington rescue / Comp. by Jacob R. Shipherd. With an introd. by Prof. Henry E. Peck and Hon. Ralph Plumb. (Boston : J. P. Jewett and company; New York : Sheldon and company, 1859), by Jacob R. Shipherd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument of Wendell Phillips, esq., before the Committee on Federal Relations, (of the Massachusetts Legislature), in support of the petitions for the removal of Edward Greely Loring from the office of judge of probate, February 20, 1855. (Boston : J.B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers, 1855), by Wendell Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman. (Auburn [N. Y.] W. J. Moses, Printer, 1869), by Sarah H. Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave, with a full description of the Underground railroad. (San Francisco, Women's union print., 1873), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave, with a full description of the Underground railroad. (Philadelphia, A.H. Sickler & co., 1893), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Communication from the Secretary of War : enclosing a copy of the orders published by the Department in pursuance of the act of Congress "to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken or employed in the army". (Richmond, Va. : [s.n.], 1863), by Confederate States of America. War Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Communication from the Secretary of War [relative to the steps taken to carry out the provisions of the acts of Congress "in relation to the arrest and disposition of slaves who have been recaptured from the enemy". (Richmond, 1864]), by Confederate States of America. War Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Communication from the Secretary of War and the Attorney General relative to whether the government holds itself liable for the value of slaves impressed by its authority and escaping to the enemy while so impressed, and whether the owners of such slaves have been paid.] ([Richmond : s.n.], 1863), by Confederate States of America. War Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on the Fugitive Slave Law and Nebraska Bill. (New York, 1855), by Harmon Kingsbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin : the reputed president of the Underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality ... (Cincinnati : R. Clarke, 1880 [1876]), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Six years in a Georgia prison. Narrative of Lewis W. Paine, who suffered imprisonment six years in Georgia, for the crime of aiding the escape of a fellow-man from that state, after he had fled from slavery. Written by himself. (New York, Printed for the author, 1851), by Lewis W. Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Six years in a Georgia prison. Narrative of Lewis W. Paine, who suffered imprisonment six years in Georgia, for the crime of aiding the escape of a fellow-man from that state, after he had fled from slavery. Written by himself. (Boston, B. Marsh, 1852), by Lewis W. Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches in the history of the underground railroad, comprising many thrilling incidents of the escape of fugitives from slavery, and the perils of those who aided them. With introd. by W. McKinstry. (Fredonia, N.Y., W. McKinstry & son, 1879), by Eber M. Pettit (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims: Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18, by Samuel May (Gutenberg ebook)

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