William Still and the Underground Railroad Fugitive Slaves and Family Ties

Name: William Still and the Underground Railroad Fugitive Slaves and Family Ties
Price: 34.02 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781440186288

ISBN-10: 1440186286

ISBN-13: 9781440186288

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lurey Khan

List price: $33.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $34.02

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The Stills were the prototypical African American family who lived, worked, and sometimes prospered before, during, and after the Civil War. History is replete with the selfless contributions of these black individuals. Beginning in the waning decades of the 18th century on Maryland s Eastern Shore, a slave named Levin Steel confronted his slave master with a demand his owner could not ignore-his urge to be a free man. He bought himself, settled in the Pines of Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1806, and was soon joined there by his self-emancipated wife, Charity. The dynasty these hardworking former slaves began in 1807 produced a bevy of freeborn children, who were the ancestors of our…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English