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Author Diemer, Andrew K., author.

Title Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad / Andrew K. Diemer.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  LARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY STILL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  LP BIO STILL    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Reading Room  NEW LP B STILL, WILLIAM DIE    DUE 03-08-23 Billed
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  LP B STILL, WILLIAM    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction Large Type  LT 973.7114 DIEMER    Check Shelf
Edition Center Point Large Print edition.
Description 566 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print. rdafs
Note Regular print version previously published by Alfred A. Knopf.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-566).
Contents A Boy in the Pines -- A Young Man in the City -- The Anti-Slavery Office -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The Business of the Underground Railroad -- The Jane Johnson Affair -- "Your National Ship is Rotting" -- Dark Days -- The War Years and New Challenges -- The Streetcar Fight -- Writing the Book -- Looking Forward, Looking Backward.
Summary "Born free in 1821 to two parents who had been enslaved, William Still was drawn to antislavery work from a young age. Hired as a clerk at the Anti-Slavery office in Philadelphia after teaching himself to read and write, he began directly assisting enslaved people who were crossing over from the South into freedom. Andrew Diemer captures the full range and accomplishments of Still's life, from his resistance to Fugitive Slave Laws and his relationship with John Brown before the war, to his long career fighting for citizenship rights and desegregation until the early twentieth century. Despite Still's disappearance from history books, during his lifetime he was known as the Father of the Underground Railroad. Working alongside Harriet Tubman and others at the center of the struggle for Black freedom, Still helped to lay the groundwork for long-lasting activism in the Black community, insisting that the success of their efforts lay not in the work of a few charismatic leaders, but in the cultivation of extensive grassroots networks. Through meticulous research and engaging writing, Vigilance establishes William Still in his rightful place in American history as a major figure of the abolitionist movement."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Still, William, 1821-1902.
African American abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.
Large type books.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography.
Still, William, 1821-1902. (OCoLC)fst00003377
Abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00794478
African American abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00798994
Antislavery movements. (OCoLC)fst00810800
Fugitive slaves. (OCoLC)fst00935940
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Underground Railroad. (OCoLC)fst01160987
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9781638085799 (large print) (hardback : alkaline paper)
163808579X (large print) (hardback : alkaline paper)
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