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The Underground Railroad by William Still is a nineteenth-century historical record of enslaved African Americans who escaped bondage through the covert antislavery network known as the Underground Railroad. First published in 1872, the book gathers authentic narratives, letters, interviews, and observational records compiled during Still's work with the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia. Rather than offering a retrospective overview from a distant historian, it preserves accounts gathered close to the events themselves, often from people who had recently fled slavery. Its purpose is documentary, commemorative, and political: to record the dangers of escape, expose the violence of slavery, and honor the courage of freedom seekers and their allies. The Grapevine Press edition presents a public domain classic whose value lies in its status as a major primary source for African American history, abolitionist activity, and the lived experience behind a network often described only in general terms.