The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom - Paperback

by William Still (Author), Ta-Nehisi Coates (Introduction by), Quincy T. Mills (Editor)

A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: these are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.

Author Biography

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 his 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.