where hope might be fulfilled. It features William Still – known as the Father of the Underground Railroad – who, even in the 19th century embodied these modern feats. In the face of extreme challenges he prevailed to see many slaves reach freedom. His drive to see the vindication of the human spirit continued past the end of the Civil War and into the antebellum period when he fought Jim Crow. Still’s story makes a full circle journey through poverty to prosperity, ending at philanthropy (just one of Justice’s tools).
The rewards Mr. Still received for his good work is evident of his faithfulness. Bestowed with the reputation of being a renowned abolitionist permitted him to unknowingly forge the miraculous reunion between his lost enslaved brother, Peter Gist and their mother Charity. Lastly, he lived a long honorable and respectable life. The New York Times in 1902 reported he died worth nearly a million dollars.
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