WRTG 105: The Underground Railroad (Professor Behrend): Library Research Session, February 26, 2018

Evaluating Sources

Group 1

Article 1: "Florida Slaves, the 'Saltwater Railroad' to the Bahamas, and Anglo-American Diplomacy," by Irvin D. S. Winsboro and Joe Knetsch

Article 2: "'Go and Get a Box': Henry Brown's Escape from Slavery, 1849," by Jeffrey Ruggles

Group 2

Article 1: "In Search of Harriet Tubman's Spiritual Autobiography," by Jean Humez

Article 2: "Quest for Freedom: The Underground Railroad in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southern Indiana," by Eric R. Jackson

Group 3

Article 1: "Racing for Freedom: Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad Network Through New York," by Kate Clifford Larson

Article 2: "A Slave's Audacious Bid for Freedom," by David W. Blight

Group 4

Article 1: "The Underground Railroad" -- PBS

Article 2: "The Underground Railroad in the Hudson River Valley: A Succinct Historical Composite," by A.J. Williams-Myers

Group 5

Article 1: "On the Boarders of Slavery and Race: Charles T. Torrey and the Underground Railroad," by Stanley Harrold

Article 2: "A Slave's Audacious Bid for Freedom," by David W. Blight

Group 6

Article 1:  "Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, and the Bridges at Niagara Falls," by William H. Siener and Thomas A. Chambers

Article 2:  "The Perilous Lure of the Underground Railroad," by Kathryn Schulz

Group 7

Article 1:  "The Secret History of the Underground Railroad," by Eric Foner

Article 2:  "Bundles, Passes, and Stolen Watches: Interpreting the Role of Material Culture in Escape," by Matthew C. Greer

Group 8

Article 1: "Sounds of Sympathy: William Wells Brown’s Anti-Slavery Harp, Abolition, and the Culture of Early and Antebellum American Song," by Aaron D. McClendon

Article 2: "Williams Still and the Underground Railroad," by Jasmin K. Williams

Group 9

Article 1: "Words From the Past Illuminate a Station on the Way to Freedom," by Jennifer Schuessler

Article 2:  "The Case of John L. Brown: Sex, Slavery, and the Trials of a Transatlantic Abolitionist Campaign," by W. Caleb McDaniel

Group 10

Article 1:  "Canada: The Promised Land for U.S. Slaves," by Renford Reese

Article 2: "A Race to Save Pieces of the Route That Saved Lives," by Craig Savoye

Group 11

Article 1: "The Ungrounded Railroad," by Beverly Gage

Article 2: "‘Freedom Narratives’ of Transatlantic Slavery," by Paul E. Lovejoy

More examples:

Source #1

Source #2

Use the databases listed below to look for primary sources on your topic.

Slavery And Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
19th Century US Newspapers Digital Archive

USE THIS GOOGLE DOC TO LIST THE ARTICLES AND BOOKS YOU FIND IN CLASS.

Group 1 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the contributions of Louis Napoleon, William Still, and other black abolitionists to the abolition movement. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 2 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the Fugitive Slave Act and its impact on the use of the Underground Railroad. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 3  Use America: History & Life to find articles on financial supporters of abolition. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 4 Use America: History & Life to find articles on Levi Coffin’s role in the Underground Railroad. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 5 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the role of women’s right’s activists in supporting abolition. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 6 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the abolition movement. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 7 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the American Anti-Slavery Society. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 8 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the impact of Frederick Douglass’s writings on the abolition movement. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 9 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the role of the Quakers in abolition. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 10 Use America: History & Life to find articles on Henry Clay and the American Colonization Society. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

Group 11 Use America: History & Life to find articles on the role of the Grimke sisters in the abolition movement. Then use IDS Search to find a book that is a potential primary source on the same topic.

NOTES START ON PAGE 440

GO TO IDS SEARCH TO LOOK FOR THE BOOK LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER by J. Hector St.John de Crevecoeur

LOOK ON PAGE 163