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A Quaker Pioneer: Laura Haviland, Superintendent of the Underground
Biography of the founder of the Raisin Institute near Adrian and "Superintendent" of the Underground Railroad in Michigan, describes many slave escapes.
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.
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).
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.
Ex-Slave's Dream Builds White Church; Freed Woman Contributed First Thousand Dollars toward Exclusive Detroit Church
Elizabeth Forth Denison, who died at age 114, contributed her savings to the St. James Episcopal Church of Gross Isle.
Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America
Reminiscences of an ex-slave who came to Michigan in 1872 and settled near Reed City in Osceola County. A Clarke Historical Library [Central Michigan University] Facsimile Reprint.
History of Cass County Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches.
pg. 109-115: The Underground Railroad and the Kentucky Raid.
pg. 386-387: Colored Settlement.
pg. 386-387: Colored Settlement.
History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan, a Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present. 3rd ed. Rev. and enl.
p. 344-348. Slavery and the Colored Race. P.750-751. Colored Schools.
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.