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Vigilance

The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
  • Andrew K. Diemer
2022
Knopf

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

    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
    Book Excerpt

    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
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