Research Guides: Underground Railroad and Appalachia: Primary Sources about the Underground Railroad

Explore Primary Sources on the Underground Railroad and the Abolition of Slavery

Digitized copy of the House Joint Resolution Proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, January 31, 1865 -- The National Archives
View and read the original printed version of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. The National Archives provides this digitized copy of the House Joint Resolution Proposing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, January 31, 1865.
Underground Railroad through the Wilbur Siebert Collection at the Ohio History Connection
Explore the records of the Underground Railroad through the Wilbur Siebert Collection at the Ohio History Connection. Research local topics and read interviews recorded in the 1890s of Freedom Seekers and those who assisted them.