Vigilance: The Life of William Still by Andrew K. Diemer

Posted by on Sep 18, 2023 in | Comments Off on Vigilance: The Life of William Still by Andrew K. Diemer Vigilance The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad by Andrew K. Diemer Alfred A. Knopf, 432 pp., hardcover $30 William Still, the Underground Railroad’s most indefatigable agent, was born in New Jersey to formerly enslaved parents in 1821. He moved to Philadelphia in search of work when he was about 23, having already imbibed from his family a keen sense of responsibility to...
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