The underground rail road : a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author : together with sketches of some of the largest stockholders, 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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, 1872.; PA. Philadelphia. Description: 780 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmReferences: Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 9865Local Notes: Use restricted: please use the reprint edition shelved in the Reading Room;
Copy 19214.O bound in brown cloth, with bookplate of Charles G. Sower; copy 56405.O bound in green cloth, with bookplate of John F. Gilpin.
Local Added Entry - Personal Name: Gilpin, John F. fl. 1853, former owner;
Sower, Charles Gilbert, b. 1821, former owner.
Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1872;
Porter & Coates, publisher.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E450 .S85
List(s) this item appears in: Frances E. W. Harper (1825 - 1911) | Black Authors
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Book Library Company of Philadelphia Stacks Am 1872 Still 19214.O Available 30373
Book Library Company of Philadelphia Stacks Am 1872 Still 56405.O Available 319685
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Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 9865

Use restricted: please use the reprint edition shelved in the Reading Room.

Copy 19214.O bound in brown cloth, with bookplate of Charles G. Sower; copy 56405.O bound in green cloth, with bookplate of John F. Gilpin.

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