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	Underground Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which African slaves in the 19th century United States attempted to escape to free states, or as far north as Canada, with the aid of abolitionists.
		The Underground Railroad was a major cause of friction between the North and South.
		Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underground_Railroad (1570 words)

	Prospect Place - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Underground Railroad operation conducted by G. Adams and his brother, Edward, was a huge undertaking.
		This implies there was a network of Underground Railroad conductors operating in New Orleans at the time and coordinated by the Adams brothers although no record of this exists (as was common at the time).
		The primary focus of the center is the history of the mansion, restoration of the estate, providing educational activities and seminars which relate to the 19th century Underground Railroad and the modern state of Civil Rights in America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prospect_Place (1019 words)

	Aboard the Underground Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Underground Railroad refers to the effort--sometimes spontaneous, sometimes highly organized--to assist persons held in bondage in North America to escape from slavery.
		At the most dramatic level, the Underground Railroad provided stories of guided escapes from the South, rescues of arrested fugitives in the North, complex communication systems, and individual acts of bravery and suffering in the quest for freedom for all.
		It also includes a map of the most common directions of escape taken on the Underground Railroad and maps of individual states that mark the location of the historic properties.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/underground/ugrrhome.htm (331 words)

	Underground Railroad: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes by which African (African: A native or inhabitant of Africa) slaves (slaves: A person who is owned by someone) in the 19th century (19th century: (18th century - 19th century - 20th century - more centuries)...
		The Underground Railroad has captured public imagination as a symbol of freedom (freedom: The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints) and figures prominently in African American history (African American history: african american history is the history of an ethnic group in the united states also...
		The Underground Railroad was a major cause of friction between the North (North: The region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line) and South (South: The region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon Line).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/underground_railroad (3014 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Visitors' Guide
		The railroad was neither a train nor underground; the name has come to mean the escape of southern slaves to the safety of the North or Canada.
		In a special resource study that accompanies the handbook, 11 sites are listed in the District, seven in Virginia and four in Maryland.
		In Virginia, the closest site to Washington on the Park Service list is a former slave-trading firm at 1315 Duke St. in Alexandria, now the headquarters of the Northern Virginia Urban League.
	washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/travel/visitorsguide/tours/underground.htm (862 words)

	A Case Study-Underground Railroad
		Bear in mind that all sites were not used for the duration of the UGRR activity in a region.
		The persons trying to certify the site felt that because the house had portholes on the upper level that overlooked the valley that it must have been an Underground Railroad site.
		Though it is a historically significant site because of the date it was built, it does not have enough evidence to come close to be certified as an Underground Railroad site..
	www.angelfire.com /oh/chillicothe/TwoSites.html (1165 words)

	KET's Underground Railroad - Community Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two sites in Kentucky (Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County and Old Washington in Mason County) were identified in a previous NPS study, but there was insufficient documentation to include them in their 1998 theme study Underground Railroad Resources in the United States although sites across the border of Kentucky have been identified.
		See a map of the sites the NPS is studying as potential nationally historic Underground Railroad sites.
		The theme study encourages researchers to investigate other sites and provides an historic context, sources of documentation, and a review of published sources for the study of the Underground Railroad.
	www.ket.org /content/underground/research/comm-links.htm (560 words)

	Ripley, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poage and his family laid out the town of Staunton in 1812; it was renamed in 1816 to honor an American officer in the War of 1812, General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley.
		The proximity of the river and of the slave state of Kentucky on the opposite shore led to Ripley's role as an early stop on the Underground railroad, a network of citizens sympathetic to slaves escaping north to freedom.
		List of cities and towns along the Ohio River
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ripley,_Ohio (718 words)

	The Middletown Press - Remembering Black History Heroes
		Some sites marking the history, including some of the forerunners in the abolitionist’s cause are open to the public.
		Sites of importance can be found throughout various tours, although many of them are either no longer in existence or are private residences.
		A documented Underground Railroad station is the Samuel Deming House at 66 Main St., Farmington, according to the National Park Service.
	www.middletownpress.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13949129&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=10856&rfi=6 (1488 words)

	Library Journal - The Underground Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Studying the Underground Railroad is almost impossible without also understanding the reasons for it: slavery and why it flourished in America, the hardships of enslaved Africans, and the laws that caused the nation to divide itself.
		This site focuses solely on Ohio's role in the Underground Railroad, but that is not an issue, since Ohio played the largest role of any Northern state in aiding escaping slaves.
		This web site is a companion to a PBS television series of the same name; however, the site stands alone in its depth of content, a result of extensive research for the series.
	www.libraryjournal.com /index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA177754 (1406 words)

	Tour tracks Underground Railroad sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		MALONE — On a trek of reverence, remembrance and curiosity, a group of Underground Railroad enthusiasts recently visited sites in Franklin County that are believed to have harbored or assisted slaves seeking their freedom.
		John Werley, pastor, explained how the first church on the site was torn down and replaced by a red-brick, New England colonial-type building with a hollow portico in 1853.
		Behind his election run was a desire to influence politicians to approve a railroad link through Malone, connecting the Lake Ontario region on the west and the Champlain Valley on the east.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2005/08_2005/081420052.htm (1081 words)

	Monroe County (NY) Library System - Underground Railroad
		The Underground Railroad in Monroe County, NY Use this guide to find material on the history of the Underground Railroad in Monroe County, New York.
		The Underground Railroad was a network of people who helped fugitive slaves gain their freedom.
		There are some resources on the Underground Railroad in Monroe County not cataloged in LIBRAWeb that are located either in the the Retrieval Room or the Local History and Genealogy Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe Country.
	www.libraryweb.org /tutorials/undergroundrr.html (1044 words)

	The Menare Foundation, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the keys to the Underground Railroad is the people who were in its operation.
		One problem with Siebert's list is that although he lists many names, he provides no other information about most of the people.
		He generally lists only the free states of the North and provides very little information on southern states or free fl and slave agents.
	www.menare.org /Research/Siebert.htm (392 words)

	The Underground Railroad
		The Underground Railroad was not an actual railroad, but rather it was a series of underground tunnels and above ground paths that helped slaves travel to freedom in the North.
		After completing the Underground railroad assignment, each student will get to reflect on what they learned during the internet and book quest used to complete the team worksheet and finding the location of their station.
		Aboard the Underground Railroad: A list of state sites with stations on the Underground Railroad.
	www.mccsc.edu /~jenfox/x.html (782 words)

	Jacksonville Journal-Courier Online
		The dilapidated Greene County Almshouse, which once served as shelter for the county's poor, elderly and incapacitated, is one of last few remaining buildings of the sort in the state.
		It has landed on the list of the 10 most endangered historical buildings in Illinois, but preservation of the abandoned almshouse is in doubt.
		Above is a list of obituaries published in the 4/27/2006 edition of the Journal-Courier.
	www.journal-courier.net /?page=7&month=1&year=2005 (530 words)

	The Underground Railroad @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Introduce students to The Underground Railroad by reading to them, or having them read, some of the background text on the subject at nationalgeographic.com/features/railroad.
		Show them the map of The Underground Railroad routes and explain that slaves often had to find their own way to the North, at which point they would meet people working on The Underground Railroad who assisted them on their way to Canada.
		Have students go through the journey on nationalgeographic.com’s Underground Railroad site (nationalgeographic.com/features/railroad) to gain an idea of what it was like to be traveling along the Underground Railroad.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /features/99/railroad/lp2.html (1908 words)

	Historic Preservation and Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		History of the Underground Railroad, As it Was Conducted by the Anti-Slavery League.
		With a variety of styles and depths of coverage, the site is unique in its ability to make the experience of the Underground Railroad accessible to elementary, middle school, and beginning high school students.
		The best part of this site is the list of states involved in the movement and the links to each site in those states.
	www.state.in.us /dnr/historic/biblio_ugrr.html (1093 words)

	Illinois College - News
		The two-story structure, which was built in 1829, is now one of 10 sites in Illinois with ties to the clandestine system that helped freedom-seeking slaves find safe passage north during the first half of the 19th century.
		The act is designed to examine Underground Railroad routes through much of the Midwest and East Coast and support the preservation and educational uses of many known UGRR sites.
		Jonathan Baldwin Turner, one of Illinois College’s first professors, was an agent on the Underground Railroad and is credited with helping three Negro women negotiate their way through west-central Illinois en route to freedom in Canada.
	www.ic.edu /admissions/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=775&strBack=/admissions/news/news_archive.asp (535 words)

	Aboard the Underground Railroad - NIE: Newspapers in Education
		It wasn't an actual railroad, nor was it underground, but for many slaves in the Southern states it meant a physical means of escape from bondage and the promise of freedom in the land to the north.
		The Underground Railroad is rich in historical significance.
		In this lesson you will visit sites that preserve the legacy of the Underground Railroad, read the story, learn about the people, listen to songs, and participate in the past.
	www.cincinnati.com /nie/archive/02-09-99 (789 words)

	Special On-Line Projects/Underground Railroad
		The Underground Railroad was the name given a vast, silent conspiracy conceived and operated by humanitarians who defied the fugitive slave law because they believed it violated the inherent right of human beings to be free.
		The Underground Railroad was the route taken by the slaves to reach free states above the Mason Dixon Line and in Canada.
		The history of the Underground Railroad is an outstanding example of the strength and tenacity of the human spirit, qualities essential to the creation of art.
	www.niagara.edu /cam/special/ugrrintroduction.html (1496 words)

	Friends of Freedom Society and Ohio Underground Railroad Association
		The Friends of Freedom Society, Inc. - Ohio Underground Railroad Association is a grassroots, all volunteer non-profit organization, whose sole purpose is to research, identify, document and preserve Underground Railroad sites throughout Ohio.
		Ohio's rich Underground Railroad History must be preserved.
		We believe that Underground Railroad history belongs in Ohio classrooms.
	www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org (376 words)

	Preservation
		Preservation of Ohio's Underground Railroad sites is a key initiative of the Ohio Underground Railroad Association.
		The Friends of Freedom Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic sites in Ohio, announces the first-ever listing of Endangered Historic Sites.
		We are currently seeking nominations for historic Underground Railroad sites in the state of Ohio to appear on this list.
	www.ohioundergroundrailroad.org /preserve.htm (452 words)

	Underground Railroad Web Quest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Underground Railroad was perhaps the most dramatic protest action against slavery in United States history.
		Neither "underground" nor a "railroad," this informal system arose as a loosely constructed network of escape routes that originated in the South, intertwined throughout the North and eventually ended in Canada.
		From 1830 to 1865, the Underground Railroad reached its peak as abolitionists and sympathizers who condemned human bondage aided large numbers of bondsmen to freedom.
	www.edci.purdue.edu /vanfossen/ugrr.html (861 words)

	Ohio Historical Society - Underground Railroad Information Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The society's purpose is to research, identify, document and preserve Underground Railroad sites in Ohio.
		The site lists 11 sites in Ohio that are on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, America's official list of places important in our history and worthy of preservation.
		The Ohio Underground Case History, sponsored by Honda Manufacturing of America, is available for loan to Ohio school classrooms and contains reproduction artifacts, a "wanted" poster, maps, an audiocassette, activity outlines, and a teacher workbook focusing on Ohio's Underground Railroad history.
	www.ohiohistory.org /undergroundrr (1161 words)

	Historic Preservation and Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The DHPA Underground Railroad Initiative Staff also gives lectures and presentations to a variety of public and private groups in order to raise awareness of this important facet of state and national history.
		The DHPA staff maintains a computerized database of sites and individuals associated with the Underground Railroad as identified by the Indiana Freedom Trails committee, historians, and the general public.
		The people and places included in the database are believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad movement, but their connection to the Underground Railroad may not have been successfully documented as of yet.
	www.in.gov /dnr/historic/ugrr.html (702 words)

	Underground Railroad Sites in New England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The following list is a "representative sample" of potential Underground Railroad sites.
		The National Park Service is encouraging local communities, property owners, and organizations to conduct historical research on sites associated with the Underground Railroad and nominate those properties to the National Register of Historic Places.
		Information concerning the nomination process is available from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, N.W., Room NC400, Washington, D.C. list of State Historic Preservation Offices is available.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/urrsites.htm (155 words)

	Student Web Quest: The Underground Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We will investigate the history of the Underground Railroad, the key figures who fought for slaves' human rights, and what life was like for an escaping slave and the people who helped him.
		You will work individually to investigate what the Underground Railroad was, why a slave would want to leave plantation life, who might help an escaped slave along the way, where the escaped slave would go, and how they would escape.
		You and your classmates have learned much about the history of the Underground Railroad, important people who dedicated their lives to helping slaves escape to freedom, and what life was like for a runaway slave.
	curry.edschool.virginia.edu /go/edis771/spring99webquests/student/smadelinewhite/home.htm (1382 words)

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