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William Still

The Underground Railroad

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Cover of "Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad" by Andrew K. Diemer

A Historian Forgotten

A new biography of William Still show how the abolitionist documented the underground railroad as he helped people through it.

by Bennett Parten via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 7, 2023

Black and white photograph of William Still, sitting, pasted against a blue tinted backdrop of a U.S. state map

The Forgotten Father of the Underground Railroad

The author of a book about William Still unearths new details about the leading Black abolitionist—and reflects on his lost legacy.

by Andrew K. Diemer via Smithsonian on November 9, 2022

The “Arrival of freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland” circa 1865.

“The Times Requires This Testimony”: William Still’s 'The Underground Railroad'

Still’s detailed record of radical abolitionist action remains a model for creating freedom out of community and community out of freedom.

by Julia W. Bernier via Black Perspectives on December 5, 2022

Illustration of “Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the eastern shore of Maryland”

The Supernatural and the Mundane in Depictions of the Underground Railroad

Navigating the line between historical records and mystic imagery to understand the Underground Railroad.

by Andrew K. Diemer via The Panorama on April 4, 2022

Her Property Transactions: White Women and the Frequency of Female Ownership in the Antebellum Era

White women were especially likely to be owners involved in transactions with enslaved women, where they were listed as owners in nearly 40% of transactions.

by Benton Wishart, Trevor D. Logan via National Bureau Of Economic Research on May 31, 2024

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