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The true stories of the Underground Railroad captured in real time by a legendary abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor--a riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes and mortal struggles of enslaved people fighting their way to freedom.

About the Author

William Still (1821-1902), was an African American abolitionist, writer, historian, and the conducter of the Underground Railroad. Before the American Civil War, Still was a chairman of the Vigilance committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, and directly aided fugitive slaves, keeping records to help families reunite. Born in a free state, Still's father bought his own freedom and his mother was a twice escaped slave and under federal slave law Still was legally a slave himself. William Still helped as many as 800 slaves escape to freedom.