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Dear Friend
Thomas Garrett & William Still Collaborators on the Underground Railroad
by Judith Bentley
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The story of two men who helped slaves travel north to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Thomas Garret was a white Quaker living in the slave state of Delaware, and William Still was a free black man living in the free state of Pennsylvania. Together they formed a friendship and working relationship that allowed many slaves to escape from their masters. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
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9780525651567,
Hardcover,
Penguin Group USA,
1997
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Publisher Notes
Prior to the Civil War, there were many people in both the slave and free states who helped slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad. Here is the story of two of these people--Thomas Garrett, a white Quaker, and William Still, a free black. Woven into the story of the friendship that developed between these men are the stories of the slaves themselves and their desperate flights for freedom. Photos.
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Based on correspondence between William Still and Thomas Garrett demonstrating the efforts of these two men to help slaves to freedom.
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