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Description: There is no published book-length history of the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, NY. The closest we have is books about the Niagara Frontier and upstate/western New York in general, which are listed below. We urge readers to consult Carol Kammen's essay on documenting UGRR sites here: http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/21-4/21-4-4.pdf
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1.
Old trails on the Niagara frontier,
by Frank H Severance
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: Cleveland, Burrows Bros., 1903.

Notes:
Severance was the first historian to write about the UGRR in the Buffalo area. Online in full text here: http://www.archive.org/details/oldtrailsniagara00severich
2.
The underground railroad movement : routes and roots to freedom.
by Buffalo Public Schools (Buffalo, N.Y.). Dept. of School Integration.
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l. : Buffalo Public Schools, 1987?]
3.
The under ground railway of the lake country of Western New York : thesis, June 1903
by Elbert Cook Wixom
 Book : Manuscript  Archival Material
Language: English

Notes:
Focuses mostly on the Finger Lakes region.
4.
Abolition and anti-slavery in Buffalo and Erie County
by Hildegarde F Graf
 Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation : Manuscript  Archival Material
Language: English
Publisher: 1939.
5.
Sketches in the history of the underground railroad, comprising many thrilling incidents of the escape of fugitives from slavery, and the perils of those who aided them.
by Eber M Pettit; W McKinstry
 Book : eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Fredonia, N.Y., W. McKinstry & son, 1879.

Notes:
Highly anecdotal and omits the details that historians depend on, such as full names, dates, and places. Online in full text here: http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesinhisto00pettgoog
6.
The underground railroad in western New York
by Paula J Priebe
 Book : Manuscript  Archival Material
Language: English
Publisher: [1991]
7.
History of the underground railroad along the Niagara Frontier : thesis, 1947
by Carl J Costantino
 Book : Manuscript  Archival Material
Language: English
8.
"Not a scintilla of abolition in Buffalo" : the rise of a liberty man as revealed in the journals of George Washington Jonson
by Nelson Terry Heintzman
 Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation
Language: English
Publisher: [S.l. : s.n.]., 1990.
9.
Slavery and abolition in Buffalo newspapers.
by Hildegarde F Graf
 Article
Language: English
Publication: Niagara frontier. Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 18-20
10.
News from the Aceldama : Black and white relations as revealed by the journal of George Washington Jonson:(1832-68)
by Elwin H Powell
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: [Buffalo : s.n., 1976]
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