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• National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom
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• Aratani, Lori. "Retracing Steps to Freedom, In Maryland's Back Yard; Visitors Can Follow Underground Railroad at Sandy Spring." The Washington Post. Oct. 19, 2006.
• Bordewich, Fergus M. "Bound for Canaan." HarperCollins. 2005.
• Clark, Jayne. "New bicycle routes trace Underground Railroad." USA Today. March 9, 2007.
• The Emancipation Network. http://www.emancipationnetwork.org
• Harris, Patricia and David Lyon. "Homes proved vital stops for Underground Railroad." The Boston Globe. April 4, 2007.
• Howell, Steven. "Underground Railroad's secrets are explored in Exporail exhibit." The Gazette (Montreal). Feb. 9, 2007.
• International Justice Mission. http://www.ijm.org/index.php
• McPherson, James M. "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era." Ballantine Books. 1988.
• The Milton House Museum. http://www.miltonhouse.org
• National Geographic: The Underground Railroad. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/j1.html
• National Park Service guide to Underground Railroad. http://www.nps.gov/history/ugrr
• National Park Service online history book. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/ugrr/exuggr2.htm
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. http://www.freedomcenter.org
• Okur, Nilgun Anadolu. "Underground Railroad in Philadelphia, 1830 - 1860." Journal of Black Studies. Vol. 25, No. 5 (May 1995).
• Polaris Project. http://www.polarisproject.org
• Preston, E. Delorus, Jr. "The Underground Railroad in Northwest Ohio." The Journal of Negro History. Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct., 1932)
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