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Works Cited

"America’s Story from America’s Library." Tubman’s Early Years and Escape from

Slavery, Prints and Photograph Division, 24 Apr. 2016,

www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_youth_1.html. Accessed 29 Nov. 2018.

This website is a good source because it gave us a lot of information of Harriet Tubman.

Many interesting facts and eye-widening events in her timeline

Greenspan, Jesse. "8 Key Contributors to the Underground Railroad." History, Tempest,

4 May 2016, www.history.com/news/8-key-contributors-to-the-underground-railroad.

Accessed 29 Nov. 2018. We decided to use this website because it included information

about the conductors that helped people in the Underground Railroad. It was incredibly

helpful when we were researching about famous conductors other than Harriet Tubman.

"Harriet Tubman." Biography in Context, Contemporary Black Biography, 20 Nov. 2017,

go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?resultListType=RELATED_DOCUMENT&searchType

=ts&userGroupName=lom_macombtgps&inPS=true&contentSegment=&prodId=BIC&d

ocId=GALE|K1606000476&it=r. Accessed 27 Nov. 2018. This source was very helpful

because it gave us many interesting facts about one of the most famous conductors,

Harriet Tubman. It gave us information on her early life, marriage and escaping bondage,

helping other slaves escape as a conductor, involvement in civil war, and etc.

Jordan, Anne Devereaux, and Virginia Schomp. The Civil War. New York, Marshall Cavendish

Benchmark, 2007. This book gave us lots of information about how the Civil War and the

Underground Railroad were connected. Also some basic information for the first page of

our website.
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"The Little-Known History of the Underground Railroad in New York." Smithsonian.com, 20

Jan. 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-history-underground-railroad-

new-york-180953927/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2018. Gave us information on how New York

was connected to the Underground Railroad with it's true nature.

Sanderson, McKenzie, editor. "Brown Chapel AME Church Celebrates 175 Years of Serving

Ypsilanti Community." MLive, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 26 Nov.

2013, www.mlive.com/news/ann-

arbor/index.ssf/2018/11/brown_chapel_ame_church_celebr.html. Accessed 14 Dec.

2018. Talked about the Brown Chapel AME Church Ypsilanti and how it was one of the

last stops, slaves had to take before they reached freedom.

"Significant Events of the Underground Railroad." National Park Service, 26 Feb. 2015,

www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/significant-events-of-the-underground-

railroad.htm. Accessed 15 Nov. 2018. Gave us a detailed explanation of the significant

events that had taken place around the time of when the Underground Railroad was used.

Along with many that were majorly connected to the Underground Railroad.

"Underground Railroad." History, A&E Television Networks, 29 Oct. 2009,

www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018.

Gave us detailed information on how the underground Railroad ran and the Fugitive

Slave Act. Along with some of the other famous abolitionists that helped as conductors.

United States History: Beginnings to 1877. Orlando, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing

Company, 2018. Gave us major information on the Fugitive Slave Act which were later

on added to the significant events part of our website.