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The Underground Railroad
Project - Vermont was very active in the anti-slavery movement before
the Civil War. Today's scholars are discovering new materials on the
Underground Railroad and the Vermont Historical Society is bringing their work
to teachers
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National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center - Center in Ohio
celebrates the legacy of the Underground railroad. Learn about its educational
programs, find research aids and read histories |
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National Geographic - Underground Railroad -
Take a journey as a slave escaping to freedom in the underground railroad.
Includes a timeline of events and a collection of resources |
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Menare Foundation - Foundation's
mission is to document, restore and preserve Underground Railroad safe houses.
Find histories and research materials |
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Railroad - National Parks Service - Access educational
programs offered by the NPS on the efforts to deliver slaves from bondage in
the US. Link to historic places and texts |
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And Geography Of The Underground Railroad - Abolitionist
resource includes a detailed overview of the workings of the Underground
Railroad system |
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Free Press - The Underground Railroad - Newspaper's Black
History Month special features includes a section that describes how the
Railroad operated |
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Spartacus - Underground Railroad -
Educational resource features an overview of the system created to help
African-Americans' escape slavery. Find links to biographies |
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Railroad Workshop - Workshop is devoted to the history of
the Underground Railroad in New York State. Find biographies, documents and
local research contacts |
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Coffin House - Indiana's Underground Railroad - Dubbed the
"Grand Central Station" of the underground railroad, the Coffin house
sheltered 2,000 slaves during the years prior to the Civil War |
 | Buxton
National Historic Site - Buxton Settlement was, for many
African-Americans, the last stop on the Underground Railroad. Learn about
Buxton's history and people |
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Harriet - by Russell Smith - Learn about the escaped slave
who led others to freedom via the underground railroad. Provides biographical
information |
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Women of North Buxton - Read about the
courageous women who escaped slavery in the US and settled at Buxton, Ontario,
one of the Underground Railroad's busiest terminals |
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Underground Railroad Operators - Search a list of names by
county of underground railroad operators during the Civil War. Includes links
to other states |
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Underground Railroad Operators -
County-by-county listing of Ohio residents who facilitated slaves' escape to
freedom. With designations for African American operators |
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Maine Underground Railroad Operators -
County-organized list contains the names of Maine residents that were
Underground Railroad operators in antebellum America |
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Oberlin: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow -
Resource devoted to Oberlin College's history presents a general history of
the fugitive slave network and offers links to information resources. |
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LookSmart Fast Facts - Underground Railroad -
Review an encyclopedia entry which discusses the accomplishments of the secret
system. Also find links to related biographies and topics |
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Albany and Capital District Underground Railroad
- Read about the Underground Railroad's history in the Albany area of New York
State. Find biographies of its leaders and related links |
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AITLC Guide to the Underground Railroad
- Educational guide presents a large collection of research links on the
Underground RR generally and Indiana's connection specifically |
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American Visions - There's a Movement Afoot -
Historian Beverly Gray traces the path of the Underground Railroad through
Ohio. This piece, provided by FindArticles, describes her research |
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Sandusky Erie County Visitors - Offers
an area guide to Buckeye North, which includes Lake Erie. Contains details on
the underground railroad and seasonal activities |
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Fort Erie - Ontario - Read about the
location of Crystal Beach Amusement Park and the historic events surrounding
the Underground Railroad there |
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Tubman, Harriet - Read a biographical
sketch of Harriet Tubman, a former slave who initiated the underground
railroad to help other slaves to freedom |
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Walking Tours of Georgetown - Take a
walking tour through the history of the US capital. Tour includes N Street,
famous mansions, and Underground Railroad sites |
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Castellani Art Museum - Museum at
Niagara University displays the Underground Railroad project and past and
present exhibitions. Discusses education and folk art |
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Milton House Museum - Former home and
stop on the Underground Railroad is now a national historic landmark. Read an
historic summary, and get visitor details |
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Brown, John - Underground Railroad Site
- Offers a brief profile of the abolitionist and offers a reprint of his
speech at his treason trial. Also find a photograph and a reference list |
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Oberlin-Wellington Rescue - Resource
presents a brief overview of the Oberlin stop on the Underground Railroad and
relates it to Virginia Hamilton's "House of Dies Drear." |
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Underground Railroad Reference List -
University of Maryland offers a large annotated bibliography devoted to
researching the Underground Railroad. Find books and newspaper sources. |
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IndigoBlu - Underground Railroad - Black
Internet resource features a section devoted to the Underground Railroad. Find
annotated links to resources |
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Christine's Black History Pages - Underground Railroad
- Black history Internet guide provides a section devoted to the Underground
Railroad. Explore the reviewed links to resources |
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American Visions - State-to-State Survey -
Ann E. Eskridge describes efforts in different states to recognize sites along
the Underground Railroad in this Feb. 1999 article |
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Tubman, Harriet - Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
- Features a short biography of the Maryland-born abolitionist and conductor
of the Underground Railroad. Furnishes access to related study resources |
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Rochester New York's Underground Railroad History
- Chronicles the history of Rochester's role, support, and participation in
the underground railroad |
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IllinoisHistory.com - Reverse Underground Railroad
- Includes articles that describe how kidnappers in southeastern Illinois
captured free blacks and runaway slaves to sell them into slavery |
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American Journey - Underground Railroad - World Book
educational resource features a profile of the Underground Railroad. Also find
biographies of conductors and links to related topics |
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Whitman, Walt - Underground Railroad -
Provides this profile of the poet and the text of one of his poems |
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[United States] Historical Documents (THOMAS: Legislative
Information on the Internet) |
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A Biography of America - a video series that presents
American history as a living narrative |
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A Chronology of US Historical Documents (Univ.
of Oklahoma Law Center) |
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U.S. History Page academicinfo.net |
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American and British History Resources on the
Internet (Rutgers University) |
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American Family Immigration History Center
- Explore Your Family History at Ellis Island |
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American Indian History and Related Issues
- This web site is dedicated to the presentation of unique
artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the
history, culture and richness of the Native American |
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American Journey Online (Primary Source Media) [subscription
required] |
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American Memory - Learning Page -
The Learning Page is a web site designed to help teachers, students, and
life-long learners use the American Memory digital collections from the
Library of Congress |
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American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital
Library (Library of Congress) |
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American Studies - The University of
Virginia |
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American Studies Electronic Crossroads
- A comprehensive, integrated, information platform on the World Wide Web |
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America's Story from America's Library (Library
of Congress) |
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An Abridged History of the United States - A hypertext
book |
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AP U.S. History - From College
board.org |
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Association of Historians of American Art |
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Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
(Northwestern University) |
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European Immigration: 1829-1920 -
Includes statistics, biographies, laws, history and more on European immigrant
to the United States. The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia |
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Eyes of Glory - 200 Years of an
Ethnic American Family |
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Famous American Trials (Univ. of Missouri,
Kansas City Law School) |
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Frontiers in History - Resources
National Archives and Records Administration for National History Day
Projects, 2001 |
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H-GIG/Hours History Links (Univ. of Calif., Riverside)
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Hispanic & Latino History - Sections
include: Historical Topics ; Chronological History (1492-1945) ; Reference
Material ; Documents |
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Historical Text Archive (D. Mabry)
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History and the Internet: A Guide by Patrick D. Reagan
(McGraw-Hill) |
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History Matters - The U.S. Survey on
the Web |
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History of Education (Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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History Resource Center: U.S. (Gale Group)
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HN Source--Central Information Server for
Historians |
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H-Net WWW Web History Pages Directory
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Hypertexts @ the University of Virginia
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Links to U.S. History Related Sites
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Making History on the Web: Creating On-Line
Materials for Teaching (Univ. of Virginia) |
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Making of America (U. of Michigan)
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Making of America Project (Cornell Digital Library) |
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Model Editions Partnership: Historical Editions
in the Digital Age |
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Multicultural Resources - A quick-reference library for
African, Native and Hawaiian America |
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National Museum of American History
- Smithsonian Institute |
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National Museum of American History
(Smithsonian Institution) |
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New York Public - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
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Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet
Public Library) |
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Peopling North America: - Population
Movements & Migration |
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Pluralism and Unity (Michigan State University
and H-Net |
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Presidential Elections: 1860-1996 -
US Presidential Election Maps |
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Presidents of the United States - The purpose of this
site is to provide researchers, students, teachers, politicians, journalists,
and citizens a complete resource guide to the US Presidents |
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Presidents of the United States -
you will find background information, election results, cabinet members,
presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents |
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Speech Archives (The History Channel)
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The American Presidency - Selected Resources: An
Informal Reference Guide |
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The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
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The Capitol Project - an infinitely
extensible exploration of the National Capitol as an American icon |
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The Historical New York Times Project
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to American History
(Univ. of Wisconsin) |
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The Making of America (University of Michigan)
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TimePage History Links - A very well
organized collection of general American history links, mostly arranged by
historic 'cycles' |
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U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index
- This web page is an index of resources available to historians of U.S.
foreign policy on the World Wide Web |
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U.S. Historical Documents Archive |
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U.S. History Out Loud (Oyez, Oyez, Oyez at
Northwestern Univ.) |
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United States History - A very
extensive listing of resources, Tennessee Technological University History
Department |
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USA 1840-1960: Journalists -
Biographies of over 50 journalists. Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia |
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Virginia Center for Digital History (University
of Virginia) |
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Words and Deeds in American History (Library of
Congress) |