The Underground Railroad: A Selected Reading List

*All items listed below are available for consultation in Hege Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. Many are also available in other libraries and some are still in print and available for purchase. This is only a selected list of recommended sources.

All of the book titles listed below can be located in the library's on-line. Additional titles can be located by searching under the following subjects: 

  • Underground Railroad
  • Fugitive Slaves
  • Slavery -- United States -- Anti-Slavery Movements

Reference Collection

  • 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

Main Collection

  • 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
    Friends Historical Collection

Friends Historical Collection

  • Beal, M. Gertrude. "The Underground Railroad in Guilford County,"  The Southern Friend (1980), 18 -- 28. [Quaker] Periodicals
  • 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