Still, William. The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrative, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. Letters …. Still deserves credit for recording the narratives of those who fled slavery and arrived in Philadelphia. He a valuable primary source for studying the Underground Railroad and the experiences of former slaves. As valuable as the source is, there are times when William Still recorded names of people and places incorrectly. 1882. Baltimore: J. Frank Lewis & Co., 1882. The Maryland Directory, This primary source featured an ad showing a Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, or Ericsson Line, schedule. Although the schedule was several decades after the escapes on the Ericsson Line, it illustrates the vary of ports these steamboats visited on the way up the bay, and the total time between Baltimore and Philadelphia is close to the times Green and Jones spent in transit in the 1850s. US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Marine Design Center, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal website: http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/ChesapeakeDelawareCanal.aspx . Photographs from this website were used with permission. US Department of Commerce, 12th Edition, Distances between United States Ports, 2012, http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/distances-ports/distances.pdf. These are the official government statistics for distances between United States ports. [Baltimore] August 13, 1850, May 2, 1853. American & Commercial Daily Advertiser, [Baltimore] June 1, 1857. Sun, November 1, 1851, April 26, 1856, September 27, 1856, May 2, 1857. Cecil Democrat, January 5, 1856, February 2, 1856. Cecil Whig, [Boston] The June 25, 1858 Liberator, [Philadelphia] July 29, 1853. The North American,
Still, William. The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrative, Letters …. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. Still deserves credit for recording the narratives of those who fled slavery and arrived in Philadelphia. He a valuable primary source for studying the Underground Railroad and the experiences of former slaves. As valuable as the source is, there are times when William Still recorded names of people and places incorrectly. The Maryland Directory, 1882. Baltimore: J. Frank Lewis & Co., 1882. This primary source featured an ad showing a Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, or Ericsson Line, schedule. Although the schedule was several decades after the escapes on the Ericsson Line, it illustrates the vary of ports these steamboats visited on the way up the bay, and the total time between Baltimore and Philadelphia is close to the times Green and Jones spent in transit in the 1850s. US Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Marine Design Center, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal website: http://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/ChesapeakeDelawareCanal.aspx . Photographs from this website were used with permission. US Department of Commerce, Distances between United States Ports, 12th Edition, 2012, http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/distances-ports/distances.pdf. These are the official government statistics for distances between United States ports. [Baltimore] American & Commercial Daily Advertiser, August 13, 1850, May 2, 1853. [Baltimore] Sun, June 1, 1857. Cecil Democrat, November 1, 1851, April 26, 1856, September 27, 1856, May 2, 1857. Cecil Whig, January 5, 1856, February 2, 1856. [Boston] The Liberator, June 25, 1858 [Philadelphia] The North American, July 29, 1853.
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