The Underground Rail Road

The Underground Rail Road
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Publisher : Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
Total Pages : 842
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ISBN-10 : KBNL:KBNL03000311682
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Book Synopsis The Underground Rail Road by : William Still

Download or read book The Underground Rail Road written by William Still and published by Philadelphia : Porter & Coates. This book was released on 1872 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historically significant document by Still, a free-born Black man who became an author and abolitionist movement leader in Philadelphia, PA. The volume document the stories of escaped slaves, and remains "the only first-person account of Black activities on the Underground Railroad written and self-published by an African-America...William Still was a major contributor to the success of the Underground Railroad activities in Philadelphia and a part of Philadelphia's free Black community that played an essential role in the Underground Railroad. He personally provide room and board for many African Americans who escaped slavery and stopped in Philadelphia on their way to Canada. Through his work with the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery's Vigilance Committee, he raised funds to assist runaways and arrange their passage to the North. He was instrumental in financing several of Harriet Tubman's trips to the South to liberate enslaved Africans" (Turner, Diane D. "William Still's National Significance." Web blog post. William Still: African American Abolitionist. Temple University, n.d. 18 August, 2016)." --description from Lorne Bair Rare Books Inc., bookseller.


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