The
Underground Railroad
Slave
narratives
History
of Slavery in Canada and the Americas
The Underground Railroad was a secret pathway organized by abolitionists--many of them free blacks and Quakers. Its purpose was to help runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North or in Canada.
National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Highlights stories of the
Underground Railroad, including people and sites.
Selected
Underground Railroad Resources
A list of resources on the
Internet that provide historical and cultural information about slavery
and the struggle against it.
For the many African Americans
who lived in the Slave Staes prior to and during the American Civil War,
the Underground Railroad provided them with the opportunity and assistance
for escaping slavery and finding freedom. One of the most curious
characteristics of the Underground Railroad was its lack of formal organization.
-this site includes personal
narratives, a bibliography and internet links
The Underground Railroad @ National Geographic.com
The Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York
African-American Women-Duke University site with links to "Elizabeth Johnson Harris: Life Story 1867-1923," "Vilet Lester Letter," and "Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson: Slave Letters." Also links to related sites.
"Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices From the Special Collections Library" -Duke University website.
Excerpts
from Slave Narratives- edited by Steven Mintz- University of Houston
-includes electronic text
excerpts
American
Slave Narratives
American Slave Narratives:
An Online Anthology.
"My
Escape From Slavery"- Frederick Douglass
The Century Illustrated
Magazine 23 n.s. 1 (Nov, 1881) 125-131
-full-text version
Born
in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' ...
American Memory, Library
of Congress. ... Special Presentations. An Introduction
to the WPA Slave Narratives
by Norman R. Yetman. ...
North
American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920
... North American Slave
Narratives, Beginnings to 1920" documents the individual
and collective story of
the African American struggle for freedom and human ...
Aframerindian
Slave Narratives index
Aframerindian Slave Narratives
Felix Lindsey, Wichita Falls negro, had the dubious
honor of being singled out
by Geronimo on one occasion. Felix, who is ninety ...
GEMOnline
- American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography
... searchable database.
In an effort to support the growing community surrounding
the slave narratives and
oral history in general, this site also includes: ...
Description: The authoritative
collection of WPA slave narratives on the Web.
Collection
of slave narratives and the African-American slavery ...
... Slave Narratives. The
wealth of what is available in this database is overwhelming.
Here are cowboys, field
hands, and domestic workers offering everything from ...
The
Slave Narrative
... American narrative tradition.
Approximately sixty-five American slave narratives
were published in book or
pamphlet form before 1865 . . . " (78).
Slave
Narratives
... Slave Narratives. Links
to slave narratives. Frederick Douglass Narrative
The full text of The Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs…
History of Slavery in Canada and the Americas
The
Chronology Of The Abolition Of Slavery
Canadian
and American Dates
The
history of Slavery
Also- Our
History- The History of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
A
Brief History of slavery in North America
-includes info about Angelique
Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People Slavery in Nova Scotia
Guelph
Museums: Black History Exhibit: Slavery in Upper Canada
-includes links to the underground
railroad
Black History in Early Toronto- by Daniel G. Hill
Some Missing Pages: The Black Community in the History of Quebec
Nova Scotia's Black Heritage: Waves of Black Pioneers
Complexities of 'Black' history in Canada- by Brad Reimer
North American Black Historical Museum Online
Black Loyalist Heritage Society
"Remembering Black Loyalists-Monument at Upper Big Tracadie"
"The Story of Guysborough County's Black Loyalists" by Gloria Desmond
The
Loyalist Pages: Black Loyalists
Websites compiled by Caitlin
Charman