1821-1902

Chronicles the life of William Still, African American abolitionist and the father of the Underground Railroad, and details his work with the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and helping enslaved people fleeing to freedom. Explains how he recorded the stories of freedom seekers that he encountered in an effort to preserve their history and help families be reunited.

A picture book biography that looks at the life African-American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, writer, historian and civil rights activist William Still.

Tells the compelling story of William Still, one of the most unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad, and details the accounts of black abolitionists who had everything at stake as they helped fugitives follow the North Star to Canada.

Chronicles the efforts of William Still, son of an escaped slave, to help his people through his work with Philadelphia's Anti-slavery Society and the Underground Railroad.

Based on correspondence between William Still and Thomas Garrett demonstrating the efforts of these two men to help slaves to freedom.