Still's underground rail road records : With a life of the author. Narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom. Together with sketches of some of the eminent friends of freedom, and most liberal aiders and advisers of the road. / By William Still ... ; illustrated with 70 fine engravings by Bensell, Schell and others, and portraits from photographs from life. Sold only by subscription.

Author/creator Still, William
Other author Boyd, James P. (James Penny), 1836-1910.
Format Electronic
EditionRevised edition..
Publication InfoHartford, Conn. : Betts & Company, 284 Asylum St., 1886..
Description[3]-21 pages, 1 unnumbered page, lxiv, 23-780 pages, [2+] pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentAfrican Americans and Jim Crow, 1883-1922
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Local noteLib. Company. Annual Report, 1995, p. 22-24.
Local noteLibrary Company copy imperfect: lacking final page(s) of index; with bookplate of the New Sharon Town Library.
General note"Revised edition" precedes "with a life of the author ..." on t.p.
General noteCopyright 1883 on t.p. verso.
General noteFrontispiece portrait engraved by John Sartain.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteThe biographical sketch of Still (p. i-lxiv) is by James P. Boyd.
References Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 2214
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2014. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex African Americans and Jim Crow, 1883-1922: Imprints From the Library Company of Philadelphia subscribers.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formSubscription editions (Publishing) Connecticut Hartford.

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