Print Materials

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First Annual Report of the New York Committee of Vigilance by New York Committee of Vigilance
Call Number: KF220 .N49
Published/Created: 1969
Originally published 1837
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner
ISBN: 9780393244076
Published/Created: 2015
About the activities of the New York Vigilance Committee
Hearts Beating for Liberty: women abolitionists in the old Northwest by Stacey M. Robertson
Call Number: E449 .R644
ISBN: 0807834084
Published/Created: 2010
On women abolitionists in the Midwest
Moral Commerce: Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the slave labor economy by Julie L. Holcomb
Call Number: E441 .H69
ISBN: 9780801452086
Published/Created: 2016
On the free produce movement
The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, Quincy T. Mills, Ta-Nehisi Coates
ISBN: 9781984855053
Published/Created: 2019
A revised edition of William Still's 1871 account.

American Colonization Society records, 1792-1964 (bulk 1823-1912) by American Colonization Society.
Call Number: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Published/Created: 1792-1964
View the Finding Aid.
Black history collection, 1623-2008 (bulk 1800-1865)
Call Number: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Published/Created: 1623-2008
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Joshua R. Giddings and George Washington Julian papers, 1839-1899
Call Number: MMC-0854 Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Published/Created: 1839-1899
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Anti-slavery Congressmen from Ohio and Indiana, respectively. Their papers include extensive correspondence with anti-slavery activists.
Lewis Tappan papers, 1809-1903
Call Number: Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Published/Created: 1809-1903
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A founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society and a generous financial contributor.
New York State Vigilance Committee circular letter, 1850 by New York State Vigilance Committee.
Call Number: MMC Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Published/Created: 1850

Anti-Slavery Newspapers

The Emancipator. Vol. 1, no. 1, Thursday, May 5, 1836
Call Number: AC901 .M2 vol. 57, no. 9 Markoe Pam Rare Book/Special Collections Reading Room (Jefferson LJ239)
Published/Created: 1836
New York.
Herald of freedom
Call Number: E449 .H524
Published/Created: 1835-1846
New Hampshire.
The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison
Call Number: Rare Book/Special Collections Reading Room (Jefferson LJ239)
Published/Created: 1831-1865
Boston.
The Pennsylvania freeman by Eastern District Executive Committee of the Anti-Slavery Society of Pennsylvania
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1838-1854

African American Newspapers

The Colored American
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1837-1842
New York.
The Pacific Appeal
Call Number: Newspaper Microfilm 932 Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1862-1880
San Francisco, California.
Weekly Advocate
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1837
New York.

General Newspapers

Boston advertiser
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1827-1831
Chicago daily tribune
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1860-1864
New-York daily times
Call Number: Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room (Madison LM133)
Published/Created: 1851-1857

Finding Ancestors in the Anti-Slavery Movement and Underground Railroad

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Anti-Slavery Newspapers

African American Newspapers

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