William Still also went to war for the Union, procuring supplies for the Army base at Camp William Penn, just outside Philadelphia. Coming home from the camp one day, he boarded a city streetcar.

William Still remained active in struggles for Black equality until a year before he died in 1902. The life of William Still provides extraordinary peeks into America’s racist past and perspectives on ...

Still was not yet 30. He was born free in New Jersey in 1821, the youngest of 18 children, to parents who had been enslaved, and from an early age was drawn to the antislavery struggle.

Andrew Diemer is an author and associate professor at Towson University. His latest book, Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, is now available from Knopf. The ...

William Still, authored “The Underground Railroad” published in 1872, narrating the “hardships and hairbreadth escapes” of hundreds of the enslaved longing to be free.

However, William is hesitant, as he is still upset with his brother. "I think the Prince of Wales remains very, very angry and upset and feels very betrayed," Nicholl told the outlet.