Parallel Communities: The Underground Railroad in South Jersey Book

Much more than a story of the Underground Railroad, Rizzo's book is a history of Southern New Jersey, and described its earliest settlement by Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers, its early involvement in the slave trade, and its gradual transformation, led largely by white Quakers and free blacks, into a refuge for self-emancipated former slaves making their way North. I'd hoped for more individual stories, but it appears that documentation is scarce, and even the oral tradition quite limited. Still it's good to know that my current home state (and county) played a positive role in helping to end the painful family separations and other miseries caused by slavery.