The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois
The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois

Author: Owen W. Muelder

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Fugitives fleeing from slavery in Kentucky, Missouri, and points farther south traversed the entire state of Illinois while moving northward. But they were most likely to receive help from Underground railroad operators if they passed through western Illinois, where a good number of Underground Railroad agents lived.This book briefly discusses the Underground Railroad throughout the United States and all of Illinois. It addresses at length the activities of Underground Railroad operators, both black and white, in western Illinois. The compelling efforts of these people have been surprisingly neglected; this book examines in detail their significant contributions to this heroic chapter in American history.

The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois
The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois

Author: Nancy M. Beasley

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-02-23

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1476600805

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This book is about previously unidentified people who became Abolitionists involved in the antislavery movement from about 1840 to 1860. Although arrests were made in nearby counties, not one person was prosecuted for aiding a fugitive slave in DeKalb County, Illinois. First, the area Congregationalist, Universalist, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist churches all had compelling antislavery beliefs. Church members, county elected officials, and the Underground Railroad conductors and stationmasters were all one and the same. Additionally, DeKalb County had the highest concentration of subscriptions to the Chicago-based Western Citizen antislavery newspaper. It was an accepted local activity to help escaped slaves. A biographical dictionary includes evidence and personal information for more than 600 men and women, and their families, who defied the prevailing Fugitive Slave Law, and helped the anti-slavery movement in this one Northern Illinois County. Unique photographs and illustrations are included along with notes, bibliography and index.

The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom
The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

Author: Wilbur H. Siebert

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 0486138518

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Interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and other firsthand accounts shed much light on the origins of a system that provided aid to fugitive slaves. 46 black-and-white illustrations.