The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedon (1898) by Wilbert Henry Siebert

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Author

Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961

Title

The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Fugitive slaves -- United States

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49038

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49038

Release Date

May 24, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS, PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES AND MAPS
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.CHAPTER I — SOURCES OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
7. 7.CHAPTER II — ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE UNDERGROUND ROAD
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE METHODS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — UNDERGROUND AGENTS, STATION-KEEPERS, OR CONDUCTORS
10. 10.CHAPTER V — STUDY OF THE MAP OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SYSTEM
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — ABDUCTION OF SLAVES FROM THE SOUTH
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — LIFE OF THE COLORED REFUGEES IN CANADA
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — FUGITIVE SETTLERS IN THE NORTHERN STATES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — PROSECUTIONS OF UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MEN
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN POLITICS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — EFFECT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
17. 17.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.]
18. 18.APPENDIX B — LIST OF IMPORTANT FUGITIVE SLAVE CASES
19. 19.APPENDIX C — FIGURES FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORTS RELATING TO FUGITIVE SLAVES
20. 20.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 Unpublished Reminiscences — 2.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 — 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
21. 21.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]
22. 22.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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