Premiered February 2012
Underground Railroad: The Williams Still Story is the story of a humble Philadelphia clerk who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom in the tumultuous years leading up to Americas Civil War. William Still was the director of a complex network of abolitionists, sympathizers and safe houses that stretched from Philadelphia to what is now Southern Ontario.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story is made possible by CN Railway, the Rogers Cable Network, Canada Media Fund, The Rogers Documentary Fund, and by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
This is the story of a man who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
William Still's Place in History
William Still earned the name "The Father of the Underground Railroad".
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
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This is the story of a man who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Origin of the name Underground Railroad
Historians have never been able to pin down how the Underground Railroad got its name.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
In the 1850s many Americans believed that slaves were incapable of surviving on their own.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Slaves who ran away from their masters and were re-captured suffered terrible punishments.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Well-known Negro Spirituals of the mid-1800s are much more complex than they first appear.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Program segment for PBS Learning Media.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Sydney Still's Run for Freedom
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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
The Fugitive Slave Act Classroom Segment
Program segment for PBS Learning Media
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
Program segment for PBS Learning Media.
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
The Fugitive Slave Act was an attempt by the government to appease southern slave states.
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