Freedom Of Freedom In The Underground Railroad, By William Still

In 1867, the book The Underground Railroad was published by William Still. Unlike many of African Americans, William was born free and spent most of his life fighting for the freedom of others. In adulthood, William became an abolitionist movement leader in order to fight against race relations and prevent the capturing of free slaves. After teaching himself how to read and write. William quickly learned that education would be the key to the resistance of slavery and began documenting the journeys of escaped slaves. At the time, the hatred towards slaves free or captured was still strong in the United States. Several of Americans were not pleased with the slaves having the chance and right of freedom. To prove their distaste in the new laws, riots were caused expressing how they would not accept the several laws passed that ordered the rights of slaves. To elaborate on …show more content…
During this time period, plenty of slave masters were too ignorant and foolhardy to think their slaves would even dream of escape. Assuming that the slaves were uneducated and loyal, several of them escaped right under their slave master’s noses. Although, when slaves struck for freedom, many had to go through extreme measures and take chances in order to survive like Abraham, Richard, and Lear did. However, whenever success is found, failure is not that far behind. Those who escaped and became captured were lucky if they would even see another day. The captured escapees often were severely beaten, killed, or traded further down south. To add insult to injury, the family members of the runaway were also harmed or separated, causing, even more, pain and despair. Overall, I am thankful that William Still produced the book The Underground Railroad as without it Americans of today would have never known of the hardships many took to gain