![]() ![]() When they entered, the young man, tall and dark-skinned with short-cropped hair and strong features, rose to greet them. When they finally reached the office, Freedman peered through the window and saw a young Black man, neatly dressed, writing at a desk. He had the sense that the guide did not believe his story, and this only accentuated his anxiety. It was about 6 in the evening when Freedman set out with his guide. Freedman and the guide spent two days conducting their search with no success.Īt this point, Eliza Bias suggested Freedman go to the local Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society office, to speak to a man named William Still who worked there and might be able to help him. ![]() The two men walked around the city, inquiring among Black men and women they met if any had known a man named Levin and his wife, Sidney, who had lost two children 40 years prior. Instead, his wife, “a bright mulatto woman, with a kind smile and a pleasant voice,” as Freedman later recalled, welcomed the visitor and arranged for a guide to help him look for his parents. Upon arriving in the city, Freedman went to the boardinghouse of James Bias, a Black doctor he was told he could trust. The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia-the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon Line-helping hundreds of people escape from slavery. Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad ![]()
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