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Underground railroad the William Still story

Tells the compelling story of William Still, one of the most unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad, and details the accounts of black abolitionists who had everything at stake as they helped fugitives follow the North Star to Canada.

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Other Authors: Drewery, Laine, Johnstone, Dion, 1975-, Ducksworth, Sarah (Onscreen participant), Bordewich, Fergus M. (Onscreen participant), Horton, James Oliver (Onscreen participant), Thomas, Velma Maia (Onscreen participant), Crew, Spencer R., 1949- (Onscreen participant), Sadler, Rosemary (Onscreen participant), Prince, Bryan, 1951- (Onscreen participant)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2012]
Subjects:
Still, William, > 1821-1902.
Still, William, > 1821-1902. > Underground Railroad.
Underground railroad.
Fugitive slaves > Canada > History.
Fugitive slaves > Canada.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Young William Still
  • The entrenched engine of growth
  • The underground railroad
  • The horrors of the block
  • Sydney's Still's run for freedom
  • Chief conductor
  • Henry "Fox" Brown
  • "My feelings were unutterable"
  • Seth Conklin
  • The Fugitive Slave Act
  • Freedom's land.

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