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Additional Reading

Charles L. Blockson, The Underground Railroad (1987, reissued 1994), compiles narratives of slaves and their rescuers, while his Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad (1994), provides information on extant sites.

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Add new Web site: Live Science - Underground Railroad secrets revealed with drones, lasers and radar. Jul 24, 2024
Add new Web site: NCpedia - Underground Railroad. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Social Welfare History Project - The Underground Railroad (1820 – 1861). Aug 17, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Underground Railroad. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: The Kansas City Public Library - Civil War on the Western Border - Underground Railroad. Dec 09, 2022
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Underground Railroad. Jun 04, 2017
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Underground Railroad. May 18, 2014
Added video. Mar 12, 2014
Add new Web site: Historica-Dominion Institute - Black History Canada - Underground Railroad. Mar 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Maps of World - The Underground Railroad. Mar 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Indiana House of Representatives - Underground Railroad. Mar 20, 2013
Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - Underground Railroad: A Path to Freedom. Mar 20, 2013
Added new Web site: Chemicool - Boron Element Facts. Nov 07, 2008
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