William Still Thesis Statement

William still was known as “ the father of the underground railroad” He helped black slaves voices be heard. He was the first to record the fugitive slaves Journeys to Philadelphia. He gave a new opinion on the issue. He realized how important the records were the day his brother came to his office and introduced him self as peter Still; The story of how Peter’s mom left him(to escape to freedom for the second time) and then found his brother he knew he never had. The story was very touching. Slavery tore families apart. Still’s records tried to help bring them back together it was the organizations job to do so. William still recorded the stories of 2700 people. In some instances the records did reunite families/friends. One of the reasons this is a major event in our history is so we know how the people felt and so it won’t be lost forever.