William Still

Father of the Underground Railroad

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Joshua J. Mark
by Unknown Photographer
published on 28 April 2025
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William Still (1819-1902), the abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for the records of escaped slaves he kept and later published as The Underground Railroad Records in 1872, c. 1898.

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