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William Still
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William Still

William Still (1821 - 1902), born in in the Pine Barrens forest of Burlington County, New Jersey, was an African-American abolitionist and author. His parents were both ex-slaves and William was their eighteenth child. He wrote The Underground Railroad, which chronicles how he helped 649 slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

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