47:. It was there that Peter met and married Lavinia (Vina) Sisson, a household slave from a nearby plantation, on June 25, 1826. Peter's brother Levin died in 1831, leaving Peter without a living tie to his family. Through a verbal arrangement with his last owners, Joseph and Isaac Friedman, Peter secured his manumission for $ 500 (~$ 18,312 in 2023) in April 1850. Shortly thereafter, Peter arrived in Philadelphia, where he serendipitously met his youngest brother
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Still was born a slave to parents Sidney and Levin (formerly Steel) on a plantation owned by
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51:, then serving as a clerk at the Anti-Slavery Office. Through his own efforts, and those of his family, friends, and supporters, Peter was eventually reunited with his wife Vina and children Peter, Levin, and Catharine, in 1854. They resided in
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Children of Leven Still and Charity his wife"), Peter Still papers, 1850-1875, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Retrieved from
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The kidnapped and the ransomed. Being the personal recollections of Peter Still and his wife "Vina," after forty years of slavery
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The kidnapped and the ransomed. Being the personal recollections of Peter Still and his wife "Vina," after forty years of slavery
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Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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237:. Syracuse, NY: William T. Hamilton. pp. 375–76.
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812:(1799–1874)
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331:(c. 1790–?)
311:Individuals
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1303:Unburnable
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898:Venerable
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738:Monticello
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589:Venerable
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98:References
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565:Caribbean
391:(b. 1982)
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220:144905476
78:in 1877.
59:in 1868.
57:pneumonia
34:Biography
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409:(1663 –
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1231:Kindred
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1191:Our Nig
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