The Underground Railroad Site - Table of Contents

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The Underground Railroad Table of Contents

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About this site
- Why was it made?
- About the authors: Hazel Carrasco and Owen Solberg
Some Things About the Underground Railroad
- What was the Underground Railroad?
- The Abolitionist Movement
- The Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850 - includes old poster graphics.
Personal Narratives
Literature
- Selections from Walt Whitman
- Excerpts from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Selections from John's Brown Body by Stephen Vincent Benet
- Words of Abraham Lincoln
Music
- Songs, lyrics, hymns, of the Underground Railroad.
Maps
- Escape routes of the Underground Railroad (63k jpeg file)
Bibliography & Internet Links
- Links, books, and works cited

Disclaimer: This site was produced by the authors in May 1996 as a distance learning project for the U.C. Davis School of Education. It is no longer updated. The authors are not authorities on the UGRR. This site, consisting of mostly small excepts of primary material, is all the authors can offer. Sorry, the authors cannot respond to email questions about the UGRR. If you use information from this site, please use appropriate citations. Thank you.

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