The Underground Railroad Collection: Real Life Stories of the Former Slaves and Abolitionists (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Collected Record of Authentic Narratives, Facts & Letters (Illustrated)By William Still, Laura S. Haviland, Sarah Bradford
Length65h 30m
About this audiobook
The Underground Railroad Collection: Real Life Stories of the Former Slaves and Abolitionists gathers documentary testimony, memoir, biography, and reformist narrative into a compelling portrait of resistance to slavery in nineteenth-century America. Its pages illuminate flight, concealment, legal danger, moral courage, and communal networks of aid, placing individual acts of liberation within the larger literary context of slave narrative, abolitionist print culture, and postbellum remembrance. The collection's power lies in its range: intimate recollections, evidentiary records, and stirring accounts of organized defiance speak across genres to preserve histories often threatened by erasure. William Still, Laura S. Haviland, and Sarah Bradford represent distinct but convergent strands of antislavery witness: Black activism and record-keeping, Quaker-inflected humanitarian reform, and biographical commemoration of heroic struggle. Together, their works align with abolitionism, women's reform writing, African American historical recovery, and the moral literature of social justice. Their varied perspectives reveal the Underground Railroad not as myth alone, but as a lived network shaped by fugitives, free Black communities, religious dissenters, and radical allies. This volume is highly recommended for readers seeking a richly textured encounter with American freedom struggles. It offers an unusual opportunity to study multiple forms of testimony in conversation, deepening historical understanding while foregrounding courage, memory, and collective action.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length65 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Underground Railroad Collection: Real Life Stories of the Former Slaves and Abolitionists (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Underground Railroad Collection: Real Life Stories of the Former Slaves and Abolitionists
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6PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION
7SETH CONCKLIN
8EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON
9LETTERS FROM LEVI COFFIN
10McKIERNON'S LETTER
11WM. STILL'S ANSWER
12THE SEPARATION
13UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS
14LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)
15LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)
16LETTER FROM E.L. STEVENS, ESQ
17LETTER FROM S.H. GAY, ESQ., EX-EDITOR OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD AND NEW YORK TRIBUNE
18LETTER FROM JOHN H. HILL, A FUGITIVE, APPEALING IN BEHALF OF A POOR SLAVE IN PETERSBURG, VA
19LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ
20LETTER FROM HAM & EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG'T)
21LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG'T)
22LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS
23LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)
24LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)
25LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND
26LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)
27LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON
28LETTER FROM "WM. PENN" (OF THE BAR)
29LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT
30WILLIAM PEEL, ALIAS WILLIAM BOX PEEL JONES ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, APRIL, 1859
31DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL — NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS
32JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON STOWED AWAY IN A HOT BERTH
33LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE
34LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM
35JAMES MERCER'S LETTER
36JOHN H. HILL'S LETTER
37CLARISSA DAVIS ARRIVED DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE
38ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON SECRETED TEN MONTHS BEFORE STARTING — EIGHT DAYS STOWED AWAY ON A STEAMER BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA
39PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND EYE KNOCKED OUT, ETC
40ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK HEARTS FULL OF JOY FOR FREEDOM — VERY ANXIOUS FOR WIVES IN SLAVERY
41EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN
42WILLIS REDICK
43WILLIAM DAVIS
44JOSEPH HENRY CAMP THE AUCTION BLOCK IS DEFEATED AND A SLAVE TRADER LOSES FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
45SHERIDAN FORD SECRETED IN THE WOODS — ESCAPES IN A STEAMER
46JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON
47EX-PRESIDENT TYLER'S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC "ARTICLE"
48EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER
49HENRY PREDO BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE
50DANIEL HUGHES
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