STILL, WILLIAM

The Underground Railroad. A Record of Facts, Authentic Records, etc. Frontispiece portrait of Still, numerous illustrations. Large thick 8vo, publisher's green cloth. Nice copy. Philadelphia, 1872 FIRST EDITION. Rayford Logan praises Still's work, "Still recognized the many contributions of the white abolitionists, but he also pictured the fugitives themselves as courageous individuals, struggling for their own freedom, rather than helpless or passive passengers on a white Underground Railroad" -- Dictionary of American Negro Biography, page 573. Blockson, 101 Influential Books, 41; Work, page 338; LCP Negro History 184.