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William Still, a freeborn black was one of its {Underground Railroad} legendary leaders. As a member of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and then as director of the General Vigilance Committee of Philadelphia, he managed the committees finances, which funded Harriet Tubman's raids. He established a network of safe houses, maintained contacts along routes from the upper South to Canada, and channeled runaways to conductors in Pennsylvania and New York.
Underground Railroad/National Parks Service Pg. 61
Most accounts of the UGRR stories were similar in most respects, one book was remarkably different from the rest: William Still's Underground Railroad.
Which was perhaps the most widely read of them all. The basic difference between Still's work and other abolitionist accounts. The focus of his book is on the brave fugitives rather than on the abolitionist.
Although he did not slight the contribution of numerous white abolitionists, Still's hero was clearly the runaway himself. This was no accidental emphasis. Still's avowed aim was to keep the "heroism and desperate struggles" , of the "Negro" he wanted to make the underground railroad "a monument to the heroism of the bondman under the yoke."
The Liberty Line/Larry Gara Pg. 175,176,177