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- Paperback / softback | 384 pages
- 12.9 × 2.3 × 19.8 cm | 266
- 01 October 2020
- Vintage Publishing
- United Kingdom
€15.40
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ISBN: 9781784876326
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 12.9 × 2.3 × 19.8 cm
William Still (Author) William Still (1821-1902), was an African American abolitionist, writer, historian, and the conductor of the Underground Railroad. Before the American Civil War, Still was a chairman of the Vigilance committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, and directly aided fugitive slaves, keeping records to help families reunite. Born in a free state, Still's father bought h is own freedom and his mother was a twice-escaped slave and under federal slave law Still was legally a slave himself. William Still helped as many as 800 slaves escape to freedom.
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