Living in a hollow tree.
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Title
Living in a hollow tree.
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1872
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Porter & Coates, 822, Chestnut Street
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.973-S (Still, W. Underground rail road. 1872)
Subjects
Still, William, 1821-1902
Underground Railroad
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
Fugitive slaves
Snakes
Genres
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11664210
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2961b500-c6ef-012f-2e88-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1872
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Living in a hollow tree." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1872. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2961b500-c6ef-012f-2e88-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1872). Living in a hollow tree. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2961b500-c6ef-012f-2e88-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Living in a hollow tree." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2961b500-c6ef-012f-2e88-58d385a7bc34
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