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Additional Reading

J. Blaine Hudson, Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland (2002); William Still, The Underground Rail Road: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author, Together with Sketches of Some of the Largest Stockholders, and Most Liberal Aiders and Advisers, of the Road (1872; reprinted 2005); Steven Lubet, Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial (2010); Earl M. Maltz, Fugitive Slave on Trial: The Anthony Burns Case and Abolitionist Outrage (2010).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia - Fugitives From Slavery. Dec 21, 2018
New article added. Sep 12, 2014
New bibliography added. Sep 12, 2014
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