Many thousand gone : African Americans from slavery to freedom

North American slave narratives

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad

In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1860. -- Considered, postponed to, and made the special order of the day for Wednesday next, at 1 o'clock. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, that, in the adoption of the federal Constitution, the states adopting the same acted severally as free and independent sovereignties, delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the federal government for the increased security of each against dangers, domestic as well as foreign ..

The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

In the Senate of the United States. December 31, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Powell submitted the following report. The Committee of Thirteen, appointed by order of the Senate on the 20th instant, have agreed upon the following resolution, and directed me to report the same to the Senate: Resolved, that the Committee have not been able to agree upon any general plan of adjustment ..

Follow the drinking gourd : come along the underground railroad

In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. Mr. Douglas made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 75.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, for "An Act To Reorganize the Territory of Kansas, and for Other Purposes," beg leave to report ..

In the Senate of the United States. December 24, 1860. Resolutions intended to be submitted by Mr. Toombs. Resolved, that declaratory clauses to the Constitution of the United States, amply securing the following propositions, be recommended for adoption: 1. That the people of the United States shall have an equal right to emigrate to and settle in the present or any future acquired territories, with whatever property they may possess, (including slaves) ..