Bibliograph

William Still, The Underground Railroad and the angel at Philadelphia, William C. Kashatus

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William Still, The Underground Railroad and the angel at Philadelphia, William C. Kashatus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

William Still

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1164113781

Responsibility statement

William C. Kashatus

Sub title

The Underground Railroad and the angel at Philadelphia

Summary

William Still coordinated the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad and was a pillar of the Railroad as a whole. Based in Philadelphia, Still built a reputation as a courageous leader, writer, philanthropist, and guide for fugitive slaves. This monumental work details Still's life story beginning with his parents' escape from bondage in the early nineteenth century and continuing through his youth and adulthood as one of the nation's most important Underground Railroad agents and, later, as an early civil rights pioneer. Still worked personally with Harriet Tubman, assisted the family of John Brown, helped Brown's associates escape from Harper's Ferry after their famous raid, and was a rival to Frederick Douglass among nationally prominent African American abolitionists. Still's life story is told in the broader context of the anti-slavery movement, Philadelphia Quaker and free black history, and the generational conflict that occurred between Still and a younger group of free black activists led by Octavius Catto

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