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• Stories of the Underground Railroad (1941), by Anna L. Curtis, illust. by William Brooks (multiple formats at shockfamily.net)
• A Quaker Pioneer: Laura Haviland, Superintendent of the Underground (New York: Exposition Press, c1961), by Mildred E. Danforth (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 (Fredonia, NY: W. McKinstry and Son, 1879), by Eber M. Pettit, contrib. by Willard McKinstry
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Underground Rail Road (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1872), by William Still
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland (Cincinnati: Walden and Stowe, 1882), by Laura S. Haviland (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland (Cincinnati: L.S. Haviland, 1881), by Laura S. Haviland (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland, by Laura S. Haviland (Gutenberg text)
• Kentucky Jurisprudence: A History of the Trial of Miss Delia A. Webster, at Lexington, Kentucky, Dec'r 17-21, 1844, Before the Hon. Richard Buckner, on a Charge of Aiding Slaves to Escape From That Commonwealth; With Miscellaneous Remarks, Including Her Views on American Slavery (Vergennes, VT: E. W. Blaisdell, 1845), by Delia Ann Webster
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad, by Levi Coffin (page images at MOA)
• Autobiography of Henry Parker (published sometime in the 1860s), by Henry Parker (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia (Baltimore: J. W. Woods, 1869), by Francis Frederick (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist (Chicago: Meyer and Brother, 1893), by Amanda Smith, contrib. by J. M. Thoburn
  • illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Captains Drayton and Sayres: or, The Way in Which Americans are Treated, for Aiding the Cause of Liberty at Home (1848) (page images at Cornell)
• Harriet, The Moses of Her People (second edition, 1886), by Sarah H. Bradford (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• John and Mary, or, The Fugitive Slaves: A Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing and Pub. Co., 1873), by Ellwood Griest (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Last of the Pioneers, or, Old Times in East Tenn.: Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years) (Knoxville, TN: S. B. Newman and Co., 1902), by Pharaoh Jackson Chesney and J. C. Webster (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad (San Francisco, CA: Women's Union Print, 1873), by James Williams
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty, of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843 (Jefferson, OH: J. A. Howells and Co., 1902), by Charles A. Garlick (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood (Coloured Man): Giving an Account of His Birth; The Period He Was Held in Slavery; His Release, and Removal to Canada, etc; Together With an Account of the Underground Railroad (Toronto: Smallwood; James Stephens, 1851), by Thomas Smallwood (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• 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 (Boston: J. P. Jewett and Co.; et al.,, 1856), by Benjamin Drew (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Rev. J. W. Loguen, As a Slave and As a Freeman (Syracuse, NY: J. G. K. Truair and Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • page images at MOA
• A Sketch of Henry Franklin and Family (Philadelphia: Collins Printing House, 1887), by Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England (London: W. M. Watts, 1855), by John Brown, ed. by Louis Alexis Chamerovzow (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege" (East Saginaw, MI: Evening News Printing and Binding House, 1885), by Isaac D. Williams, ed. by William Ferguson Goldie (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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. (AMS Press, 1971), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman. A narrative of real life. (J. G. K. Truair & co., printers, 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Refugee (Published by John P. Jewett and Company ;, 1856), by Benjamin Drew, Allen and Farnham, Trübner & Co, Lamport & Blakeman Sheldon, Proctor Jewett, and Mass.) John P. Jewett and Company (Boston (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. (Western tract society, 1876), 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. (R. Clarke & Co., 1880), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Quaker pioneer: Laura Haviland, superintendent of the Underground. (Exposition Press, 1961), by Mildred E. Danforth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Underground railroad from slavery to freedom (The Macmillan Company; [etc., etc.], 1898), by Wilbur Henry Siebert and Albert Bushnell Hart (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. (Porter & Coates, 1872), by William Still (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life-work (Printed by Walden & Stowe, for the author, 1882), by Laura S. Haviland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life work: including thirty years' service on the underground railroad and in the war. (S. B. Shaw, 1881), by Laura S. Haviland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old trails on the Niagara frontier (Burrows Brothers Company, 1903), by Frank H. Severance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special resource study management concepts/environmental assessment (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1995), by Linda Russo and United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life work: : including thirty years' service on the Underground Railroad and in the war. (Chicago, Ill. : S.B. Shaw, publisher, 212 W. Chicago Ave., [1902], 1902), by Laura S. Haviland and S. B. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland. (C.V. Waite & Co., 1887), by Laura S. Haviland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography of Henry Parker. ([N.p., 1870), by Henry Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times; how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Calvin Fairbank (page images at HathiTrust)
• My story of the Civil War and the Under-ground Railroad (The United Brethren Publishing Establishment, 1914), by M. B. Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007 : report (to accompany H.R. 1239). (U.S. G.P.O., 2008), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times. How he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." (Patriotic Pub. Co., 1890), by Calvin Fairbank (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Underground railroad. ([Cleveland?], 1895), by James H. Fairchild (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miscellaneous national parks measures : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on S. 2771, S. 2802, S. 2809, H.R. 3863, S. 2818, H.R. 4834, H.R. 5084, September 20, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by National Parks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life-work: labors and experiences. (Publishing Assn. of Friends, 1889), by Laura S. Haviland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times : how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." (R. R. McCabe, 1890), by Calvin Fairbank (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman. (W. J. Moses, Printer, 1869), by Sarah H. Bradford (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. (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington;, 1879), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave, with a full description of the Underground railroad. (Women's union print., 1873), by James Williams and Calif.) Women's Co-operative Printing Union (San Francisco (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old trails on the Niagara frontier ([The Matthews-Northrup co.], 1899), by Frank Hayward Severance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Early settlement and growth of Western Iowa, or, Reminiscences (Historical Department of Iowa, 1906), by John Todd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave, with a full description of the Underground railroad. (A.H. Sickler & co., 1893), by James Williams (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. (Western Tract Society, 1876), by Levi Coffin (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 (Porter & Coates, 1872), by William Still (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! (Barclay & Co., 1860), by Franklin A. Wilmot (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland. (Printed by Walden & Stowe, 1882), by Laura S. Haviland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Still's underground rail road records : with a life of the author... (William Still, 1886), by William Still (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. (The Robert Clarke Company, 1898), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life-work: labors and experiences of Laura S. Haviland. (Publishing association of Friends, 1889), by Laura S. Haviland (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. (Western Tract Society, 1876), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Underground railroad (Dept. of the Interior, 1998), by United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1997 : report (to accompany S. 887). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 : report (to accompany H.R. 1635) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman : a narrative of real life. (J.G.K. Truair & Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, E. P. Rogers, and J.G.K. Truair & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom (W. Tweedie ;, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (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 ... (R. Clarke, 1880), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Underground Railroad (Reprint Services Corp.?, in the 2000s), by Wilbur Henry Siebert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Light on the underground railroad (s.n., 1896), by Wilbur Henry Siebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of a reformer (1832-1892) (Hunter, Rose, 1893), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865 (Rowsell and Hutchison, 1875), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old trails on the Niagara frontier ([s.n.], 1899), by Frank H. Severance (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom (Macmillan, 1898), by Wilbur H. Siebert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave with a full description of the underground railroad. (s.n.], 1873), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Dixie to Canada romances and realities of the underground railroad (H.U. Johnson;, 1894), by H. U. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865 (Rowsell & Hutchison, 1876), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Th[e] under-ground railroad (W. Tweedie, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Dixie to Canada : romance and realities of the underground railroad (H.U. Johnson, 1894), by H. U. Johnson and Charles Wells Moulton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Loguen as a slave & as a freeman. (J.G.K. Truair & Co., Stereotypers and Printers, 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen and E. P. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom. (W. Tweedie, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad : 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 (People's Publishing Company, 1878), by William Still (page images at HathiTrust)
• Negro slavery in Wisconsin and the Underground Railroad (Printed for the Parkman Club by E. Keogh, 1897), by J. N. Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Underground railroad (The Center, 1995), by United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• King's views. New York's rapid transit tunnel and underground railway. (Moses King, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harriet, the Moses of her people (G.R. Lockwood & Son, 1897), by Sarah H. Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad, by H. U. Johnson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, by Sarah H. Bradford (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history, by Wilbur Henry Siebert (Gutenberg ebook)
• Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier, by Frank H. Severance (Gutenberg ebook)

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