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Books, journal articles, and websites pertinent to study of fact and fiction about Western Illinois' Underground Railroad:

Ammeson, Jane. Hauntings of the Underground Railroad Ghosts of the Midwest. Indiana University Press, 2017.

Blazer, David. History of the Underground Railroad of McDonough County, Illinois. Times Record Co., 1922.

Blight, David, ed. Passages to Freedom: the Underground Railroad in History and Memory. Smithsonian Institution, 2004.

Gara, Larry. Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad. University of Kentucky Press, 1996.

Gara, Larry. “The Underground Railroad in Illinois.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 56 (1963), 508–528.

Gates, Jr., Henry Louis. "Who Really Ran the Underground Railroad?" The African Americans Many Rivers to Cross. September 9, 2020. Online.

LaRoche, Cheryl. Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: the Geography of Resistance. University of Illinois Press, 2013. 

Muelder, Owen. The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois. McFarland & Company, 2012. 

Pirtle, Carol. Escape Betwixt Two Suns: A True Tale of the Underground Railroad in Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.

Siebert, Wilbur. The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom [1898]. Dover Publications, 2006.

Turner, Glennette. The Underground Railroad in Illinois. Newman Educational Publishing, 2001. An accompanying website of the same title is online.