The Underground Railroad

By William Still

Book Overview

In the winter of 1852, a group of Philadelphia abolitionists dedicated to assisting runaway slaves in their flight to freedom formed a new assistance group to be part of the Underground Railroad--the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 178428713X
• ISBN13: 9781784287139
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.9" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Collection Detailing the Harrowing Escapes of the Approximately 600 Enslaved Individuals W

Excellent collection detailing the harrowing escapes of the approximately 600 enslaved individuals whom free born African American William Still (1821 - 1902) aided through various means. Still was a successful businessman who used his numerous connections to conduct at least 649 people across dangerous terrain to safety in Canada. In the abridged version are included his detailed notes of their stories as well as letters from them after establishing themselves, newspaper articles and other interesting memoranda of this terrible time and the hopeful daring acts by all sorts of people to help others in dire need. I need to buy the unabridged version, however, to read the entirety of his account. White Abolitionists Levi Coffin and Elizabeth Buffum Chace wrote books as well about their experiences as Conductors on the Underground Railroad. W.E.B. Dubois writes of this time, as does Frederick Douglas, Ida B. Wells writes of the perils of post-Reconstruction. Truly, there are many books on the subject. This is considered the most important, I believe.