Still, William, 1821-1902

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• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50011351

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50011351

• Birth Date

  1821-10-07

• Death Date

  1902-07-14

• Descriptor

  African American civil rights workers

• Birth Place

  Burlington County (N.J.)

• Associated Language

  English

• Field of Activity

  Antislavery movements

  Race discrimination

  Railroads




• Occupation

  Civil rights workers

  Authors

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Still, William
• Still, William, 1821-1902
• William Still Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

• found: His The underground rail road ... 1872.
• found: Rummel, Jack. African-American social leaders and activists, ©2003:pages 192-193 (William Still, abolitionist, community activist and author of "The Underground Railroad". Born in Burlington County, New Jersey October 7, 1821. Moved to Philadelphia when he was 23 where he worked to find work for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad, which he then wrote about in his "Underground Railroad." Later successfully campaigned to ban racial discrimination on rail cars in Pennsylvania. Died in Philadelphia on July 14, 1902.)

Instance Of

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• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-04-04: new
• 2023-10-18: revised

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