num_pages: 40
description: The little-known story of William Still known as the Father of the Underground Railroad.William Still's parents escaped slavery but had to leave two of their children behind a tragedy that haunted the family. As a young man William went to work for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society where he raised money planned rescues and helped freedom seekers who had traveled north. And then one day a strangely familiar man came into William's office searching for information about his long-lost family. Could it be?Motivated by his own family's experience William began collecting the stories of thousands of other freedom seekers. As a result he was able to reunite other families and build a remarkable source of information including encounters with Harriet Tubman Henry Box Brown and William and Ellen Craft.
language: English
title: William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
publisher: Peachtree