Please note: URL addresses are current as of August 2009
This list is by no means exhaustive. Additional sites may be found using your search engine.
Aboard the Underground Railroad—A National Register Travel Itinerary
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/ugrrhome.htm
This website run by the National Park Service includes Underground Railroad sites in Pennsylvania that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There is a brief history and general information about visiting each one.
Adventure Cycling Association
http://www.adventurecycling.org
For a bicycling route to Underground Railroad sites through western Pennsylvania, click on “Routes and Maps”, then “Underground Railroad.”
The African American Museum of Philadelphia
http://www.aampmuseum.org
The official website of the African American Museum, devoted to the history of African Americans in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Afrolumens Project
http://afrolumens.org
This website provides much information about abolition, slavery, and African Americans in general in south central Pennsylvania.
The Anti-Slavery Literature Project
http://antislavery.eserver.org
Provided by the English Departments of Arizona State University and Iowa State University, this site offers scanned texts of prose, poems, songs, slave narratives, and religious writings on anti-slavery. The site is national in scope. There is an on-site Search Engine to find Pennsylvania-related records.
Bethel AME Church, Lancaster
http://www.livingtheundergroundrailroad.com
This is the website of this church, which also offers programs and tours of its historic building.
Black Abolitionist Archives
http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?c=baa&p=about
Run by the University of Detroit Mercy, this website includes scanned original texts including speeches and writings by black abolitionists during the ante-bellum era. The site is national in scope. There is an on-site Search Engine to find Pennsylvania-related records.
Blairsville Underground Railroad Museum
http://www.undergroundrailroadblairsvillepa.com
Offers education for the Underground Railroad in general and on events in the Blairsville, Indiana County area.
Camp William Penn and LaMott
http://www.historic-lamott-pa.com/
The website is devoted to the history of Camp William Penn and LaMott, the town surrounding the Camp.
Center for Anti-Slavery Studies (CASS)
http://www.antislaverystudies.org/
The official website of CASS of Montrose, PA, devoted to the study of African American anti-slavery activity in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Central Pennsylvania African American Museum
http://www.cpafricanamericanmuseum.org
This is the official website of this museum, located in Reading.
Christiana Underground Railroad Center
http://www.zerchershotel.com
The official websites of the museum at the Christiana Underground Railroad Center, located in Zercher’s Hotel, one of the sites of the Christiana Riots.
ExplorePaHistory.com
http://explorepahistory.com
Click on “Stories from Pennsylvania History”, then “Underground Railroad.” Provides in-depth stories and information about the UGRR.
Franklin County Historical Society
http://pafch.tripod.com
This is the society’s official website, and includes an essay on the John Brown House in Chambersburg.
Free at Last?
http://www.library.pitt.edu/freeatlast/index.html
A website relating to slavery in Pittsburgh in the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries.
Freedom Lies Just North
http://freedomliesnorth.org
Provides information about the Underground Railroad in Adams County
Gettysburghistories.com
http://www.gettysburghistories.com
Official website of For the Cause Productions, offering tours of Underground Railroad sites in Adams County.
GoPhila.com website
http://gophila.com/questforfreedom
Offers a list of historic places in Philadelphia specific to abolitionism and anti-slavery activities.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
http://www.hsp.org
Type “African American” into this website search engine, and much information about their holdings, lesson plans and informational articles are available.
Go to: http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=634 for an essay and links to information about slavery, abolition and the Underground Railroad.
House Divided: The Civil War Era and Dickinson College
http://www.housedivided.dickinson.edu
Offers virtual field trips, teacher workshops, a research engine, and online discussions, not only about the Civil War, but abolition, slavery and the UGRR in the southcentral Pennsylvania region.
The Johnson House Underground Railroad Museum National Historic Site
http://www.johnsonhouse.org
This is the official website of the Johnson House, Philadelphia, owned by abolitionists and a stop on the UGRR. Includes a brief history of the Johnsons and their home.
Journey Through Hallowed Ground
http://www.hallowedground.org
Website of a non-profit group studying the pre-civil war and civil war historic sites from Gettysburg south along the Old Carolina Road (US Route 15/231) through Maryland, and ending at Abemarle County,Virginia. Click on “Explore Sites by Interest” and then on “African American Heritage.”
The Kennett Underground Railroad Center
http://undergroundrr.kennett.net
The official website of the center, offering stories and information on the Underground Railroad in the Kennett Square area.
The LeMoyne House
http://www.wchspa.org/html/house.htm
Part of the website of the Washington County (PA) Historical Society is devoted to the history of their property, the LeMoyne House National Historic Site, and Francis Julius LeMoyne, an ardent abolitionist.
The Library Company of Philadelphia
http://www.librarycompany.org
Type “African American” into this website search engine, and information about their holdings, lesson plans and informational articles on African Americans are available.
Mother Bethel AME Church, Philadelphia
http://www.motherbethel.org
The website includes information on the history of the church and its museum.
Heinz History Center
http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/secondary.aspx?id=79
Includes a page on the African American collections at the History Center, Pittsburgh.
NPS UGRR Network to Freedom
http://www.nps.gov/history/ugrr/
In 1998, Congress established the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, administered by the National Park Service (NPS). Many sites in Pennsylvania are on the Network. Visit the website to see the full list.
PA Quest for Freedom
http://www.paquestforfreedom.com
This website is run by the state Tourism Office, and offers information about routes to travel to see historic slavery and abolition sites, largely in southern Pennsylvania and also Scranton, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. Also offers virtual tours.
PHMC Historical Markers
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_historical_marker_program/2539
This is the official website of the familiar blue-and-gold state historical markers. Type “African American” in the site search engine to get a list of markers related to this theme.
Slavery & Abolition in the U.S.: Select Publications of the 1800s
http://deila.dickinson.edu/slaveryandabolition/
This is a digital collection of historical books and pamphlets that show varying ideas and beliefs about slavery in the United States as expressed by Americans throughout the nineteenth century. These works reflect arguments on both sides of the slavery debate and include first person narratives, legal proceedings and decisions, anti-slavery tracts, religious sermons, and early secondary works. The 77 titles in the collection represent the works of over 70 authors and/or organizations, published between 1787 and 1911. The publications are all from the holdings of Millersville University Library and the Dickinson College Library.
The Stevens and Smith Historic Site
http://www.stevensandsmith.org
The official website of the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Historic Sites in Lancaster, run by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County.
Underground Railroad Free Press
http://urrFreePress.com
This is an independent online newsletter about current happenings in Underground Railroad History.
Underground Railroad Museum at the Belmont Mansion
http://www.belmontmansion.org
This is the official website for Historic Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. It was once owned by Judge Richard Peters who was also a member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. Run by the American Women’s Heritage Society.
Visit PA.com
http://visitpa.com
Run by the State Bureau of Tourism, type in the words “African American” into the search engine on this website for suggestions on places to visit relating to African American history.
Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.lib.virginia.edu
An ongoing project by the University of Virginia Library to study two counties, Augusta County Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the eve of John Brown’s raid in 1859. Contains information about abolition, slavery and anti-slavery.
Western Pennsylvania Freedom Trail
http://www.pagreatlakes.com/underground
Explores sites and events relating to the Underground Railroad in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The William Still Underground Railroad Foundation, Inc.
http://www.undergroundrr.com
This website gives biographical information about Still and his descendants.
York County, PA and the Underground Railroad
http://www.millersville.edu/~ugrr/yorkugrr/york_ugrr.htm
This website explores the different sites and people involved with the UGRR in York, PA.
