STILL, WILLIAM

The Underground Railroad. Revised Edition. With A Life of the Author. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Sartain, illustrations and facsimiles in text. Large thick 8vo, gilt-stamped cloth; hinges reinforced. Philadelphia: William Still, 1883 The revised edition and the first edition to include James Boyd's 64-page biography of Still. A landmark book and still the definitive history of the underground railroad, recording accounts of approximately 800 escapes including those of 60 children. Work, page 338; Blockson, 101 Influential Books by and About People of African Descent, 41.