The Resource Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, Andrew K. Diemer
Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, Andrew K. Diemer
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The item Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, Andrew K. Diemer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library.
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- Summary
- Born free in 1821 to parents who had been enslaved, William Still was drawn to antislavery work from a young age. Hired as a clerk at the Anti-Slavery Society 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 K. Diemer captures the full range and accomplishments of Still's life, from his resistance to fugitive slaw 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 called by some "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 410 pages
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780593467442
- Label
- Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
- Title
- Vigilance
- Title remainder
- the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew K. Diemer
- Title variation
- Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
- Subject
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- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biographies
- Black interest
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- Biography
- Still, William, 1821-1902
- Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography
- African American abolitionists -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Born free in 1821 to parents who had been enslaved, William Still was drawn to antislavery work from a young age. Hired as a clerk at the Anti-Slavery Society 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 K. Diemer captures the full range and accomplishments of Still's life, from his resistance to fugitive slaw 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 called by some "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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Diemer, Andrew K
- Dewey number
-
- 973.7114092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E450.S85
- LC item number
- D54 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Still, William
- African American abolitionists
- Abolitionists
- Underground Railroad
- Antislavery movements
- Fugitive slaves
- Black interest
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, Andrew K. Diemer
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593467442
- Lccn
- 2022001897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1293917523
- (OCoLC)1293917523
- 2306055
- Label
- Vigilance : the life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, Andrew K. Diemer
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-391) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 410 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593467442
- Lccn
- 2022001897
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1293917523
- (OCoLC)1293917523
- 2306055
Subject
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Biographies
- Black interest
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- Biography
- Still, William, 1821-1902
- Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography
- African American abolitionists -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- Biography
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