Underground Railroad Handbook

Scholarship on Underground Railroad topics has blossomed since the NTF was created in 1998. In recognition of this, and to commemorate our 25th anniversary, the NTF initiated an update to the Underground Railroad handbook that the National Park Service first issued in 1998. Through the leadership of editor Matthew Pinsker, we have gathered essays from nearly two dozen leading scholars. These thematic and geographic essays represent a new understanding of the complexity of the Underground Railroad and the agency of the African American community.

Table of Contents:

Dedication
Dedication – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu)
Foreward
Foreword by Diane Miller – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu)
Introduction by Matthew Pinsker – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu)
Thematic Essays
(Five Steps to Understanding Freedom Seekers by Anthony Cohen – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu)) - Anthony Cohen
US Constitution & Fugitive Slave Laws by Paul Finkelman – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Paul Finkelman
State Laws and Freedom Seeking by H. Robert Baker – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - H. Robert Baker
The Abolitionist Underground by Manisha Sinha – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Manisha Sinha
Religion and the Underground Railroad by Cheryl Janifer LaRoche – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Cheryl LaRoche
Women on the Underground Railroad by Kate Clifford Larson – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Kate Clifford Larson
Violence and Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Kellie Carter Jackson
The Politics of Fugitive Slaves by James Oakes – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - James Oakes
Civil War “Contraband Camps” by Chandra Manning – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Chandra Manning
Regional Essays
Escaping on the Northwestern Frontier by Déanda Johnson – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Déanda Johnson
Freedom Seekers on the Southwestern Frontier by Alice L. Baumgartner – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Alice L. Baumgartner
Southern Maroon Communities by Damian Alan Pargas – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Damian Alan Pargas
The Atlantic Coastal Freedom Network by Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Cassandra L. Newby - Alexander
The Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Valley by Robert H. Churchill – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Robert H. Churchill
Escaping In and Around Washington, Maryland, & Virginia by Stanley Harrold – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Stanley Harrold
The Underground Railroad in the Middle Atlantic Region by Eric Foner – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) - Eric Foner
Epilogue
Epilogue: To Tell Their Stories by RJM Blackett – Underground Railroad Online Handbook (dickinson.edu) RJM Blackett