Routes of the Underground Railroad in Ohio

We have three reference books on the Underground Railroad.  They are the Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad (Ref. E450 .B65 1994), the Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad (Ref. E450 .H855 2006), and The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations (Ref. E450 .S65 2008). You can find them in the reference collection on the 2nd floor.

We also have a large number of books on the Underground Railroad that are available to check out.  Here is a sampling of the kinds of books we have.

• Blight, David W., ed.  Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory.  Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2004.  (link to ALICE record)
• Bordewich, Fergus E.  Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America.  New York: Amistad, 2005.  (link to ALICE record)
• Gara, Larry.  The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad.  Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1961.  (link to ALICE record)
• Blockson, Charles L.  The Underground Railroad.  New York: Prentice Hall, 1987. (link to ALICE record)
• Switala, William J.  Underground Railroad in Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia.  Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2004.  (link to ALICE record)
• Hudson, J. Blaine.  Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002. (link to ALICE record)

The website of the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, Ohio is worth a visit. Be sure to take a look at its page of links.

You will also find useful information from the Ohio Memory Project, a repository for many Ohio History Resources, but there is a specific Underground Railroad Collection

To arrange a tour of  Athens County Underground Railroad, you can call United Campus Ministries at 740-593-7301.