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Many enslaved persons "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the Fugitive Slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | Many enslaved persons "stole" themselves and escaped north into Canada and freedom from the Fugitive Slave laws that required their return from northern states. See: | ||
* | *''FamilySearch Library Bibliography of African American Sources''. by Marie Taylor, Salt Lake City: FamilySearch Library, 2000. ({{FSC|956235|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F23tm}} & {{FSC| 6002568}}.) Look under "Migration" in both the "Subject" and "Locality" sections. (For help see "Note" under the heading, African American Records.) | ||
*National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj Freedman's Bank Records] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | *National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at [http://tinyurl.com/6sktldj Freedman's Bank Records] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | ||
*National Geographic, [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html "The Underground Railroad"] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | *National Geographic, [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html "The Underground Railroad"] (accessed 22 Dec. 2011). | ||