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Title
Escaping from Alabama on top of a car.
Collection

The Underground Rail Road

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1872
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Porter & Coates, 822, Chestnut Street
Library locations
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)
Topics
Still, William, 1821-1902
Underground Railroad
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
Railroad cars
Alabama
Underground railroad
Fugitive slaves -- United States
Escapes
Genres
Books
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11664210
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23463800-c6ef-012f-dd88-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1872: Issued
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Escaping from Alabama on top of a car." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1872. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-1bb4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Escaping from Alabama on top of a car." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 8, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-1bb4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1872). Escaping from Alabama on top of a car. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-1bb4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Escaping from Alabama on top of a car.