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218:(J.B. Lippincott & CO. 1877. Originally published by author./ Republished by South Jersey Culture & History Center, 2015)
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William Still and the
Underground Railroad: Fugitive Slaves and Family Ties
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Life of
William Still, The Father of the Underground Railroad.
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Pickard, Kate E. R.; Furness, William Henry (1856).
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