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Overview Starting in colonial times, thousands of African people were kidnapped and brought to the United States, where they were enslaved. Those who escaped were often caught, and, if so, treated harshly, or even killed, as were those who tried to help them escape. By the s an escape method dubbed the Underground Railroad was in full swing. Imagine you were an enslaved person in the s, desperate to escape to freedom, or a helper on the railroad, taking great risks so others could escape to freedom. The Underground Railroad lets you choose a path … to freedom or capture and, perhaps, death.
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The first generation of his family born free, abolitionist and historian William Still was determined to get as many runaways as he could across the U.
The Underground Railroad remains the most immense humanitarian enterprise of the 19th century--perhaps ever. Underground Railroad: The William Still Story blends stories, characters and context with evocative reenactments, new historical perspectives and sometimes shocking, often touching, accounts from the day.
The predominant "voices" in the documentary are those of William Still and a selection of freedom seekers whose stories help define the era.
Their actual words are often used, taken from letters and memoirs. William Still was chairman of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, a secretive organization that offered runaway slaves desperately-needed assistance. Still was among the most significant figures in the abolition of slavery.
The Underground Railroad, a complex network of freed slaves, white abolitionists, sympathizers and safe houses that stretched from Philadelphia to what is now southern Ontario, delivered and estimated 40, men, women and children from bondage, but the true number will never be known. This documentary follows only a few of these courageous figures, but it points to the vastness of the supporting cast.