This is the compelling story of William Still, one of the most unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad, and details the accounts of black abolitionists who had everything at stake as they helped fugitives follow the North Star to Canada.

Originally released by PBS, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2018.

William Still: Joining the Abolitionists (2:12); --America Divided: North and South (2:39); -- Escape and the Underground Railroad (3:14); -- William Still: Family History (6:37); -- Henry Brown and Underground Secrecy (4:09); -- Meeting with Peter Still (8:07); -- Fighting the Fugitive Slave Act (9:17); -- Underground Railroad: Success in Philadelphia (5:22); -- Newfound Freedom in Canada (6:30); -- Civil War and William Still's Retirement (4:27); -- Underground Railroad: The William Still Story: Credits (2:06); .