The Underground Railroad in Indiana
Sorry, no additional discounts are available on several Undergound Railroad publications because IHB sells them at cost.
The Role of Free Blacks in Indiana's Underground Railroad
Maxine F. Brown
The case of Floyd, Harrison, and Washington Counties.
paper 23 pp. $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6095
"Bury Me in a Free Land": The Abolitionist Movement in Indiana, 1816-1865
Gwendolyn J. Crenshaw
Catalong written for a 1986 exhibit includes documents and articles covering colonization, underground railroad, etc.
paper 69 pp. reprint 1993 (1986) / ISBN 1-885343-48-4 / $6.25
Order No. 4007
Southeastern Indiana's Underground Railroad Routes and Operations
Diane Perrine Coon
Details Underground Railroad activity with photographs, maps, and reminiscences in the counties of Southeastern Indiana.
paper 325 pp. 2001/$5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6096
Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley
Keith P. Griffler
In turbulent antebellum America, the Ohio River was both a river of slavery and a river of freedom. The Ohio was a crucial conduit for the trade that linked farmers and merchants of the Northwest to the slave plantations of the South, and it also carried African American men, women, and children caught up in the slave trade downriver to Cotton Belt markets.
cloth 206 pp. 2004 / ISBN 0-8131-2298-8 / $35.00
Order No. 2453
Underground Railroad
Hurley C. Goodall
The invisible road to freedom through Indiana as recorded by the Works Progress Administration Writers Project.
paper 341 pp. 2001 / $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6094
Southeast Indiana Trails to Freedom
Indiana Underground Railroad Coalition and Indiana Office of Tourism Development
Explore the history of the Underground Railroad in Southeast Indiana. The routes traveled by the runaway slaves and the locations of the safe houses that hid them from danger are all but invisible to us now. Learning about the people and places that constituted Southeast Indiana's trails to freedom, however, will help you "see" the Underground Railroad.
paper 57 pp. / $5.00
Order No. 2602
Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865
Ryan P. Jordan
This book explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried to end slavery through peaceful protest. Because the pacifist and anti-slavery beliefs of the Society of Friends appeared closely to approximate the agenda of the American Anti-Slavery Society, many abolitionists believed that the Quakers would rally behind their cause. Their opponents meanwhile feared that the Quakers might support a movement considered by many to be seditious. Both were mistaken.
cloth 175 pp. 2007 / ISBN 978-0-253-34860-9/$29.95
Order No. 2636
Walkin' the Wabash
Marlene K. Lu
An exploration into the Underground Railroad in west central Indiana.
paper 134 pp. / $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6097
Concerning Underground Railroad Activity in Southwestern Indiana
Randy Mills, et. al
This report locates Underground Railroad sites in southwestern Indiana and provides information about the people involved and locations of activities.
paper 34 pp. 2001 / $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6092
A Good Night for Freedom
Barbara Olenyik Morrow
Two runaway slaves take refuge at Katy and Levi Coffin's home - a stop on the underground railroad. Based on historical events, this powerful story reveals the courage it took for people to run for freedom, and for one young girl to help them. Beautifully illustrated.
cloth 32 pp. 2004 / ISBN 0-8234-1709-3 / $16.95
Order No. 2455
Underground Railroad Research in Select Indiana Counties
Jeannie Regan-Dinius et al.
There are many images of documents and places and each chapter concludes with endnotes and a bibliography. The following are the essay titles:
"Federal Court Cases: Holdings at the National Archives, Chicago" by Jeannie Regan-Dinius "Gateway to Freedom: New Albany-Floyd County, Indiana" by Pam Peters "Grant County" by Students at Marion High School "Huntington and Wabash Counties" by Jeannie Regan-Diniius "Kankakee & St. Joseph river Valleys of Indiana" by Terry Goldsworthy
Several authors describe activities in Lake, Porter, La Porte, St. Joseph, Wabash, Huntington, and Grant Counties.
paper 122 pp. 2003 / $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6103
Interpretive Stories Associated with the Underground Railroad in the Indianapolis Area
Dona Stokes-Lucas et al.
Several churches and other sites were visited and their Underground Railroad activities researched.
paper 50 pp. 2001 / $5.00 (no additional discount)
Order No. 6093
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