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Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan
One untitled chapter (pg. 117-125) describes Detroit opposition to slavery, Blackburn episode, Underground Railroad, and Faulkner Riot.
Reminiscences
p. 366-373. The Michigan Raid. Describes the episode usually referred to as "Kentucky Raid."
Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro
Volume 5: Cases from the Courts of States North of the Ohio and West of Mississippi Rivers, Canada and Jamaica. pg. 80-88: Michigan. Quotes descriptions of cases from court reports.
The City of Detroit and the Emancipation Proclamation [Prepared for Wayne State University Emancipation Centennial Announcement Luncheon, September 21, 1962]
(Appears also under title, Michigan and the Emancipation Proclamations in Michigan in Books 5:127-136. Winter 1963) (Reprinted as p. 72-94 of Rose, Arnold M. ed. Assuring Freedom to the Free, a Century of Emancipation in the U.S.A. Detroit, Wayne…
City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
Volume 1 of this unindexed work describes sale of slaves (p. 196); legislation on slavery (p. 227-228); colored schools (p. 743). Includes chapter on slavery and the underground railroad (p. 475-484).
An Oration Delivered at a Celebration in Detroit, of the Abolition of Slavery in the West Indies, Held by Colored Americans, August 1st, 1839
Oration makes no reference to Detroit.
Aunt Sally; or, The Cross, The Way of Freedom, a Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams, of Detroit, Michigan
Last chapter tells of Aunt Sally reaching Detroit.