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[Note: This is an informal e-mail newsletter of events of interest concerning the Underground Railroad. The information below has been summarized from various sources. Those interested in attending events may want to reconfirm with the hosting organizations times and locations.]
Stackpole Books has just published William J. Switala, The Underground
Railroad in New York and New Jersey. This is the third in the series of
books, following Switala's earlier books on the Underground Railroad in
Pennsylvania (2001) and the Underground Railroad in Delaware, Maryland,
and West Virginia (2004), also published by Stackpole. In addition to New
York and New Jersey, the author includes a final chapter on destination
points in Canada.
For information, see the Stackpole website:
www.stackpolebooks.com/
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
J. Blane Hudson, Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad has been
published by McFarland & Company. Hudson teaches at the University of
Louisville and is the author of Fugitive Slaves and the Underground
Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland (2002) also published by McFarland.
For information, see the McFarland website:
www.mcfarlandpub.com/
FRIENDS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
The June 2006 issue of The Lantern, the newsletter of Friends of the
Underground Railroad is now available.
For information on the Friends of the Underground Railroad, see their website:
http://www.fourr.org/
Christopher Densmore
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
July 6, 2006 |
