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=== Emigration to Canada === | === Emigration to Canada === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/374424-the-refugee-or-the-narratives-of-fugitive-slaves-in-canada-microform?offset=1 Benjamin Drew. ''A north-side view of slavery : the refugee, or, The narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada related by themselves, with an account of the history and condition of the colored population of Upper Canada.'' Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. Digital Book] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/374424-the-refugee-or-the-narratives-of-fugitive-slaves-in-canada-microform?offset=1 Benjamin Drew. ''A north-side view of slavery : the refugee, or, The narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada related by themselves, with an account of the history and condition of the colored population of Upper Canada.'' Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. Digital Book] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1804488 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1804488 George Hendrick. ''Black refugees in Canada : accounts of escape during the era of slavery.'' Jefferson, McFarland & Co., 2010. FHL 971 H6h] | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/refugeesfromslav00howe/page/n5 S.G. Howe. ''The Refugees from Slavery in Canada West. Report to the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission.'' Boston: Wright & Potter, printers, 1864.] | *[https://archive.org/details/refugeesfromslav00howe/page/n5 S.G. Howe. ''The Refugees from Slavery in Canada West. Report to the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission.'' Boston: Wright & Potter, printers, 1864.] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Freedmen%27s_Inquiry_Commission Freedmen's Inquiry Commission] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Freedmen%27s_Inquiry_Commission Freedmen's Inquiry Commission] | ||
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''' Reference Sources ''' | ''' Reference Sources ''' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1339253 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1339253 J. Blaine Hudson. ''Encyclopedia of the underground railroad'' Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., 2006. FHL 973 H26hj] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/131446 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/131446 Larry Gara. ''The liberty line : the legend of the Underground Railroad.''Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1961. FHL973 F2ag] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/86666 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/86666 William Still. ''The Underground railroad'' reprint of 1871 ed. New York, New York : Arno Press, 1968. FHL 973 F2asL] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1001049 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1001049 Wilbur H. Siebert. ''The Underground railroad from slavery to freedom.'' reprint of 1898 ed.North Stratford, New Hampshire : Ayer Pub. Co., 2000. FHL 973 F2siw] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1478714 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1478714 Peter hinks and John McKivigan, eds., R. Owen Williams, assistant Ed., '' Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition.'' Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2007. FHL 326.803 H593e vols. 1-2] | ||
''' State and Local Sources Publications''' | ''' State and Local Sources Publications''' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/968374 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/968374 Jerry M. Hynson. ''District of Columbia D.C. Department of Corrections runaway slave book, 1848-1863 : U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia fugitive slave cases, 1862-1863.''Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books,1999. FHL975.3 F2hj] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1887650 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1887650 Glennette Tilley Turnr. " The Underground Railroad in Illinois." Glen Ellyn, Illinois: Newman Educational Pub., 2001. FHL 977.3 H2tg] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1573214 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1573214 Owen W. Muelder. " The Underground Railroad in western Illinois." Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008. FHL 977.3 H2mo] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1058007 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1058007 J. Blaine Hudson. " Fugitive Slaves and the underground railroad in the Kentucky borderland." Jefferson,North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2002. FHL 976.9 F2h] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/969981 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/969981 Emma Marie Trusty. "The Underground railroad: ties that bound unveiled ; a history of the underground railroad in southern New Jersey from 1770 to 1861."Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Amed Literary Inc, 1999. FHL 974.9 F2te] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1031003 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1031003 William J. Switala. "Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania." Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2001. FHL 974.8 F2sw] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1838652 R.C. Smedley. " HIstory of the Underground Railroad: in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania." reprint. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2005.] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1838652 R.C. Smedley. " HIstory of the Underground Railroad: in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania." reprint. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2005.] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/272018 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/272018 Wilbur Henry Siebert. "Vermont's anti-slavery and underground railroad record, with a map and illustrations." reprint. (New York, 1969) FHL 974.3 H2si] | ||
''' Archives and Libraries ''' | ''' Archives and Libraries ''' | ||
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''' Additional Sources ''' | ''' Additional Sources ''' | ||
*Harriett Tubman was a woman of remarkable skill, determination, and dedication. She was a "conductor" for the Underground Railroad where she assisted runaway slaves to find freedom not only in the northern U.S. but all the way to Canada. | *Harriett Tubman was a woman of remarkable skill, determination, and dedication. She was a "conductor" for the Underground Railroad where she assisted runaway slaves to find freedom not only in the northern U.S. but all the way to Canada. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/82194 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/82194 Dorothy Sterling. '' Freedom train : the story of Harriet Tubman.''Garden City, New York : Doubleday, 1954. FHL 921.73 T79s] | ||
There was a notable community in Nova Scotia. Some of the newly free slaves would intermingle with Canadian Indians, as they often did in the U.S. Don't ignore Canada when looking for your African American ancestors! Check out this site about [http://www.harriettubman.com/index.html Harriet Tubman] | There was a notable community in Nova Scotia. Some of the newly free slaves would intermingle with Canadian Indians, as they often did in the U.S. Don't ignore Canada when looking for your African American ancestors! Check out this site about [http://www.harriettubman.com/index.html Harriet Tubman] | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slaves_in_the_United_States Fugitive Slaves in the United States] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_slaves_in_the_United_States Fugitive Slaves in the United States] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/81706 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/81706 Stanley W. Campbell. ''The slave catchers : enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850-1860.'' Chapel Hill,North Carolina:University of North Carolina Press, 970. FHL 973 F2acm] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/29628 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/29628 Judicial Cases] | ||
'''National Archives Catalog - US District & Circuit Courts records of [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10639740 Fugitive Slaves Cases]''' | '''National Archives Catalog - US District & Circuit Courts records of [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10639740 Fugitive Slaves Cases]''' | ||
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''' FamilySearch Catalog''' | ''' FamilySearch Catalog''' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/29628 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/29628 Helen Honor Tunnicliff Catterall. ''Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro.'' 5 volumes. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1926 reprint. New York, New York : Negro Universities Press, 1968. FHL Digital Books] | ||
=== Emigration to Liberia === | === Emigration to Liberia === | ||
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''' Publications''' | ''' Publications''' | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/581037-the-american-colonization-society-1817-1840?viewer=1&offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= Early Lee Fox.'' The American Colonization Society, 1817-1840.'' 1919 reprint.New York, New York : AMS Press, 1971] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/581037-the-american-colonization-society-1817-1840?viewer=1&offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= Early Lee Fox.'' The American Colonization Society, 1817-1840.'' 1919 reprint.New York, New York : AMS Press, 1971] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/785285 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/785285 Tom W. Shick. ''Emigrants to Liberia, 1820 to 1843, an alphabetical listing.''Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Department of Anthropology & Liberian Studies Association in America, 1971. FHL 966.62 W2e] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/330712 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/330712 Tom W. Shick. ''Behold the promised land : a history of Afro-American settler society in nineteenth-century Liberia.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. FHL 966.62 H2s] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1373073 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1373073 Eric Burin. ''Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society.'' Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2005. FHL 973 C4be] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1210727 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1210727 Richard L. Hall. '' "On Africa's Shore." A History of Maryland in Liberia, 1834-1857.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 2003. FHL 966.62 H2d] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58743 | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58743 Penelope Campbell. ''Maryland in Africa: the Maryland Colonization Society,1831-1857.''Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 1971. FHL 966.6 H2c] | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/removaloffreecol00mary/page/n2 Maryland. Report of the Select Committee, to Whom was Referred the Subject of the Removal of the Free Colored Population from Charles County.] | *[https://archive.org/details/removaloffreecol00mary/page/n2 Maryland. Report of the Select Committee, to Whom was Referred the Subject of the Removal of the Free Colored Population from Charles County.] | ||