Underground Railroad Reading Lists
For Young Readers
- Bial, Raymond. The Underground Railroad. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995.
- Brill, Marlene Targ. Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad. Carolrhoda Books, 1993.
- Carson, Mary Kay. The Underground Railroad for Kids: From Slavery to Freedom. Chicago Review Press, 2005.
- Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Before She was Harriet. Holiday House, 2017.
- Cole, Henry. Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad. Scholastic Books, 2012.
- Cummings, Judy Dodge. The Underground Railroad: Navigate the Journey from Slavery to Freedom with 25 Projects. Nomad Press, 2017.
- Enz, Tammy. Science on the Underground Railroad. Capstone Press Inc, 2022.
- Ford, Carin T. Slavery and the Underground Railroad: Bound for Freedom. Enslow Pub, 2004.
- Hinton, KaaVonia. The Story of the Underground Railroad. Mitchell Lane Pub Inc., 2009.
- Hudson, Wade. The Underground Railroad. Childrens Press, 2005.
- Hyde, Natalie. The Underground Railroad. Crabtree Classics, 2015.
- Landau, Elaine. Fleeing to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: The Courageous Slaves, Agents, and Conductors. Twenty-First Century Books, 2006.
- Lassieur, Allison. The Underground Railroad : An Interactive History Adventure. Capstone Press Inc, 2016.
- Levine, Ellen. Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. Scholastic Press, 2007.
- Llanas, Sheila Griffin. The Underground Railroad: A History Perspectives Book. Cherry Lake Publishing, 2013.
- McDonough, Yona Zeldis. What Was the Underground Railroad? Grosset & Dunlap, 2013.
- Messner, Kate and Gwendolyn Hooks. History Smashers: The Underground Railroad. Random House, 2022.
- Raatma, Lucia. The Underground Railroad. Scholastic, 2011.
- Senker, Cath. Who Traveled the Underground Railroad? Heinemann, 2014.
- Swain, Gwenyth. President of the Underground Railroad: A Story About Levi Coffin. Carolrhoda Books, 2001.
- Turner, Myra Faye. In Disguise on the Underground Railroad: A Graphic Novel Biography of Anna Maria Weems. Capstone Press, 2024.
- Wesgate, Kathryn. Uncovering Depots of the Underground Railroad. Enslow Pub Inc, 2022
Adult/ Young Adult Reading
- Costonie, Toni. African American Slavery, Indenture & Resistance in Illinois 1720-1864. Instant Publisher, 2008.
- Foner, Eric. Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad. W.W. Norton & Co, 2016.
- Horton, James Oliver and Lois E. Horton. Slavery and the Making of America. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- McClellan, Larry A. Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, 2023.
- Michna-Bales, Jeanine. Through Darkness to Light. Princeton Architectural Press, 2017.
- Muelder, Hermann R. Fighters for Freedom: The History of Anti-Slavery Activities of Men and Women associated with Knox College. Columbia University Press, 1959.
- Muelder, Owen W. The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois. McFarland & Co., 2007.
- Nicolai, Julie D. Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois. The History Press, 2023.
- Sawyer, Kem Knapp. The Amazing Underground Railroad. Enslow Pub Inc, 2012.
- Still, William. The Underground Railroad Records. Quincy T. Mills, Ed. Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
- Tobin, Jacqueline L. From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad. Doubleday, 2007.
- Turner, Glennette Tilley. The Underground Railroad in Illinois. Newman Educational Publishing, 2001.
Documentaries
- James, Dante J., et al. Slavery and the making of America. Ambrose Video Publishing, 2004.
- Johnstone, Dion, et al. Underground Railroad : The William Still Story. Directed by Laine Drewery, PBS Home Video, 2011.
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