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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

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 America’s 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.

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This is the story of a man who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom.
Official Trailer
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This is the story of a man who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom.
Fugitive Slave Act
2:15
The Fugitive Slave Act was an attempt by the government to appease southern slave states.
Chief Conductor
1:18
Program segment for PBS Learning Media.
The Fugitive Slave Act Classroom Segment
2:45
Program segment for PBS Learning Media
Freedom's Land
5:26
Program segment for PBS Learning Media.
Punishment
1:46
Slaves who ran away from their masters and were re-captured suffered terrible punishments.
Epilogue
4:28
Program segment for PBS Learning Media
Coded Spirituals
2:27
Well-known Negro Spirituals of the mid-1800s are much more complex than they first appear.
Sydney Still's Run for Freedom
3:15
Program Segment for PBS Learning Media
Origin of the name Underground Railroad
1:19
Historians have never been able to pin down how the Underground Railroad got its name.
William Still's Place in History
2:18
William Still earned the name "The Father of the Underground Railroad".
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