William Still

The Underground Railroad

• He helped hundreds of enslaved Africans escape
• After 40 years he found his brother and helped him escape
• Still was the chairman of the Vigilance Committee that aided and supported fugitive Africans

Who He Was

How He Got Involved

William Still

• As a young boy, he started helping people escape
• He was a writer and businessman
• Clerk of the Pennsylvania Society Abolition of Slavery

• He lived from 1821 to 1902
• Youngest of 17 children
• Both of his parents are slaves
• Mother escaped slavery
• He was born a free person
• He was married in 1847 to Letitia George.
• He had 4 children

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His Writings

• He wrote from 1867 to 1899
• He wrote 140 letters
• They are now in the Blockson Collection
• He wrote a book called the Underground Railroad
• The book was about formally enslaved people who became free

Resources

Turner, D. D. (n.d.). William Still’s National Significance. Retrieved March 30, 2017, from http://stillfamily.library.temple.edu/historical-perspective/william-still-significance