Quakers, Slavery, and the Underground Railroad: Books

Additional books on topics relating to the Underground Railroad can be found in Hege Library's Main Collection.  Many will be located on the 2nd floor in E 450 call number area.

1. Browse online to see what we have at Guilford:
2. Go to Library Catalog tab at www.guilford.edu/library and click on Library Catalog.
3. Select Advanced Search (option under search box).
4. Ciick on Call_Number under Catalog Search option on right sidebar
5. Enter E450 to get a list of books in that subject area.  You can also search for E442, E446, and E449.

The following are useful subject terms for searching library catalogs and databases:

• ·       Underground Railroad
• ·       Fugitive Slaves
• ·       Antislavery Movements
• ·       Abolitionists

Blockson, Charles L. Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad. Hippocrene Books, 1994. [Ref] E450 .B65 1994

Finkelman, Paul and Joseph Calder Miller. Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery. Macmillan Reference, c1998. [Ref] HT861 .M24 1998

Blockson, Charles L. The Underground Railroad. Prentice-Hall Press, c1987. [Quaker] E450 .B66 1987

Bordewich, Fergus M. Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America. Amistad, c2005. [Quaker] E450 .B735 2005

Breyfogle, William A. Make Free; The Story of the Underground Railroad. Lippincott, 1958. [Quaker] E450 .B82

Coffin, Addison. Life and Travels of Addison Coffin. William G. Hubbard, 1897. [Quaker] CT275 .C662 A3

Coffin, Levi. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad. Friends United Press, 1991. [Quaker] E450 .C64 1991

Coffin, Levi. Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad. R. Clarke & Co., 1880. [Quaker] E450 .C65

Danforth, Mildred E. A Quaker Pioneer: Laura Haviland, Superintendent of the Underground. Exposition Press, 1961. [Quaker] E450 .D26

Gara, Larry. The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad. University of Kentucky Press, 1961. [Quaker] E450 .G22

Haviland, Laura S. A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland. Walden & Stowe, 1882. [Quaker] E450 .H38

Hilty, Hiram H. By Land and By Sea: Quakers Confront Slavery and Its Aftermath in North Carolina. North Carolina Friends Historical Society, 1993. [Quaker] E 445 .N8 H54 1993

McGowan, James A. Station Master on the Underground Railroad: The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2005. [Quaker] E450.G23 M32 2005

Bordewich, Fergus M. Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America. Amistad, c2005. E450 .B735 2005

Buckmaster, Henrietta. Let My People Go: The Story of the Underground Railroad and the Growth of the Abolition Movement. Harper & Brothers, c1941. E450 .B89 1941

Still, William. The Underground Rail Road; A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c. Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. E450 .S85 1970

Tobin, Jacqueline. Hidden in Plain View: The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad. Doubleday, 1999. E450 .T63 1999

Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. Knopf, c1993. Juv E450 .H23 1993

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Hyperion Books for Children, c2006. Juv E444.T82 W43 2006x

In addition, there are a number of books written for young people in the Quaker Archives. Most are shelved alongside other books on this topic at [Quaker] E450.