Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
(2022)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.7114/DIEMER,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022
©2022
©2022
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
410 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780593534380, 0593534387 :, 0593534387, 9780593467442, 0593467442, 9780593534380
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
A Boy in the Pines -- A Young Man in the City -- The Anti-Slavery Office -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The Business of the Underground Railroad -- The Jane Johnson Affair -- "Your National Ship is Rotting" -- Dark Days -- The War Years and New Challenges -- The Streetcar Fight -- Writing the Book -- Looking Forward, Looking Backward
"The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia--the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon line--helping hundreds of people escape from slavery."--