The Underground Railroad

What Was The Underground Railroad?

Description Timelines and Maps People Books Teacher Resources

            The Underground Railroad from The National Geographic Society
           https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/underground-railroad/
           https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/undergroundrailroad/
           https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/2/150218-underground-railroad-slavery-civil-war-ngbooktalk/

        History Net - http://www.historynet.com/underground-railroad

        PBS - Judgment Day - The Underground Railroad
                    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/narrative.html
                    Teacher's Guide for PBS Judgment Day
                    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/4index.html

        The Underground Railroad -
              http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-underground-railroad/

        The Underground Railroad from the National Park Service
              https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/index.htm
              https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm
              https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/ugrr-articles.htm
              https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/explore-ugrr-sites.htm
              https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/frequently-asked-questions.htm

             Language of Slavery - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/language-of-slavery.htm

The Underground Railroad from the History Channel
http://www.history.com/topics/underground-railroad

         Eastern Illinois University - http://eiu.edu/eiutps/underground_railroad.php

               National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - https://freedomcenter.org/learn/online-learning-resources/

        Timeline - https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/significant-events-of-the-underground-railroad.htm
                   https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1803.html

PBS - The Time of the Lincolns - The Underground Railroad
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lincolns-underground-railroad/

Maryland and the Pathways to Freedom
https://pathways.thinkport.org/

Maps:

     Map of Underground Railroad sites in the United States List of sites
          Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
       Google map of the Underground Railroad
       Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701e.ct004088/

       Underground Railroad in New York
          http://www.nyhistory.com/ugrr/
          http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/ugrrMAPS.html

People:

National Park Service people - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/people.htm

  John Brown
    http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/john-brown-abolitionist-who-sacrificed-his-life
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
    http://www.history.com/topics/john-brown
    http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/jbrown/

Levi and Catherine Coffin - http://www.waynet.org/levicoffin/default.htm
    https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2001/11/03/underground-railroad-1850/

Frederick Douglass - Autobiography
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html
   http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html
   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/douglass_exhibit/douglass.html

The Rev. Thomas Paul from NH -
   https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/paul-thomas-1773-1831/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paul

Dred Scott - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html
      http://www.biography.com/people/dred-scott-9477240
    http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/dredscottlife.htm
     http://www.historynet.com/dred-scott

William Still - http://www.pbs.org/wned/underground-railroad/
    http://stillfamily.library.temple.edu/stillfamily/exhibits/show/william-still

  Harriet Tubman - http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com/
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
    http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm
    http://www2.edc.org/WomensEquity/women/tubman.htm
      http://womenshistory.about.com/od/harriettubman/a/tubman_moses.htm

  Women of the Underground Railroad
     https://www.nps.gov/articles/storymap-women-and-the-underground-railroad.htm
     http://www.ohiohistoryhost.org/ohiomemory/archives/1019
     https://wanderwomenproject.com/the-women-behind-the-underground-railroad-and-the-resistance-to-slavery-in-the-us/
     https://www.processhistory.org/sutton-beyond-harriet/

  Abolition Quilts and the Underground Railroad
     http://www.womenfolk.com/quilting_history/abolitionist.htm

Books for Kids:

        Book List for children 4-8 http://pathways.thinkport.org/parents/books.cfm
     Book List for children 9-12 http://pathways.thinkport.org/parents/books2.cfm
     Book List for Young Adults http://pathways.thinkport.org/parents/books3.cfm

Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass. New York: Holiday House, 1993.
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman. New York: Holiday House, 1993.
Ayres, Katherine. North By Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad.
Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991.
Bial, Raymond. The Underground Railroad. 1999.
Buckmaster, Henrietta. Flight to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad.
Davis, Ossie. Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass.
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad. HarperCollins, 1997.
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom. New York:
                Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Hamilton, Virginia. Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave.
                New York: A.A. Knopf, 1988.
Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Hopkinson, Deborah. Under the Quilt of Night. New York: Atheneum,
Lasky, Katherine. True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad. Blue Sky Press, 1996.
Levine, Ellen. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad.
McGovern, Ann. 'Wanted Dead or Alive': the True Story of Harriet Tubman.
Monfredo, Miriam Grace. North Star Conspiracy. New York: Berkley Publishing, 1995.
Munjo, F.N. The Drinking Gourd. NY: HarperCollins, 1993
Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad. 1996
Rappaport, Doreen. Escape From Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom.
Ringgold, Faith. Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky. New York:
             Crown Publishers, 1992.
Russell, Sharman Apt. Frederick Douglass. New York, Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.
Sterling, Dorothy. Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman. Scholastic, 1987.
Taylor, Marian. Harriet Tubman. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1991.
Tobin, Jacqueline. Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.
              New York:Doubleday, 1999.
Winter, Jeannette. Follow the Drinking Gourd. New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
Wisehart, Randall. A Winding Road to Freedom. Friends United Press
Wright, Courtni Crump. Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad.
          New York: Holiday House, 1994.

Lessons and Units for Teachers:

          Lesson Plans about Underground Railroad
            https://www.teachervision.com/slavery-united-states/underground-railroad
            https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/underground-railroad/
            http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/UndergroundRailroad.shtml
            https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/harriet-tubman-and-underground-railroad
            https://www.emich.edu/ugrronlinecourse/importance.html

PBS Teacher's Guide to accompany the PBS site above
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tguide/4index.html

          Study Guides and information from the History Channel
            http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.0296.html
              http://www.history.com/images/media/pdf/slave_resisters.pdf

          National Park Service - Underground Railroad - Special Resource Study
            https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/kids-and-education.htm
            http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm

          Lesson Plans from Mr. Donn - http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/undergroundrailroad.html

          Harriet Tubman mini unit - Gr. 4-5
           http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/units/Byrnes-famous/tubman.html

               Travel on the Underground Railroad - and other lessons
           http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/classroom/travel-underground-railroad/
           http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/classroom/

          Quilts of the Underground Railroad
           http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/units/Byrnes-S2000/TaraTimothy/slavequilt.htm

          Educator's Guide to Follow the Drinking Gourd
           http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ftdg1.htm

Graphic from http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/seminars/Images/harriet.jpg

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