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The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Still, William

Paperback

Black American HistoryFiction AnthologiesGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1528719964
ISBN13: 9781528719964
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Feb 8 2022
Pages: 1048
Weight: 2.88
Height: 2.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
William Still (1821-1902) was an African-American abolitionist, businessman, writer, historian, civil rights activist. He was also a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses created in the United States during the early to the mid-19th century for use by African American slaves in order to escape into free states or Canada. In 1872, he published The Underground Railroad, an account of the underground system and the experiences of 649 slaves who escaped to freedom. An incredible collection of real-life stories that provide a unique insight into the adversity faced by pre-emancipation African-Americans. Contents include: Seth Concklin, Underground Rail Road Letters, William Peel, alias William Box Peel Jones, Wesley Harris, alias Robert Jackson, and the Matterson Brothers, Death of Romulus Hall--New Name George Weems, James Mercer, Wm. H. Gilliam, and John Clayton, Clarissa Davis, Anthony Blow, alias Henry Levison, Perry Johnson, of Elkton, Maryland, Isaac Forman, William Davis, and Willis Redick, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic book in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography by William Wells Brown.

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