Introduction : the underground railroad in history and memory / David W. Blight
Pt. I. Slavery and abolition
1. Before cotton : African and African American slavery in mainland North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Ira Berlin
2. Simple truths : antebellum slavery in black and white / Deborah Gray White
3. From moral suasion to political confrontation : American abolitionists and the problem of resistance, 1831-1861 / James Brewer Stewart
Pt. 2. Stories of the real underground railroad
4. Above ground on the underground railroad : places of flight and refuge / John Michael Vlach
5. Southern passage : the forgotten route to freedom in Florida / Jane Landers
6. "Freemen to the rescue!" : resistance to the fugitive slave law of 1850 / R. J. M. Blackett
7. Kidnapping and resistance : antislavery direct action in the 1850s / Lois E. Horton
8. crusade for freedom : William Still and the real underground railroad / James Oliver Horton
9. "Slavery is war" : Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad / Catherine Clinton
10. Flight and fight : the wartime destruction of slavery, 1861-1865 / Bruce Levine
Pt. 3. story endures in history and legend
11. Why the underground railroad, and why now? : a long view / David W. Blight
12. Telling it like it was at Rokeby : the evolution of an underground railroad historic site in Vermont / Jane Williamson
13. Reading freedom's memory book : recovering the story of the underground railroad in New York state / Milton C. Sernett
14. places and communities of the underground railroad : the national park service network to freedom / Diane Miller
15. sacred drama : "exodus" and the underground railroad in African American life / Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Before cotton: African and African American slavery in mainland North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Ira Berlin
Simple truths: antebellum slavery in black and white / Deborah Gray White
From moral suasion to political confrontation: American abolitionists and the problem of resistance, 1831-1861 / James Brewer Stewart
Above ground on the underground railroad: places of flight and refuge / John Michael Vlach
Southern passage: the forgotten route to freedom in Florida / Jane Landers
"Freemen to the rescue!": resistance to the fugitive slave law of 1850 / R. J. M. Blackett
Kidnapping and resistance: antislavery direct action in the 1850s / Lois E. Horton
Crusade for freedom: William Still and the real Underground Railroad / James Oliver Horton
"Slavery is war": Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad / Catherine Clinton
Flight and fight: the wartime destruction of slavery, 1861-1865 / Bruce Levine
Why the Underground Railroad, and why now? A long view / David W. Blight
Telling it like it was at Rokeby: the evolution of an Underground Railroad historic site in Vermont / Jane Williamson
Reading freedom's memory book: recovering the story of the Underground Railroad in New York State / Milton C. Sernett
Places and communities of the Underground Railroad: the National Park Service network to freedom / Diane Miller
Sacred drama: "Exodus" and the Underground Railroad in African American life / Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
