A Historian Forgotten: On Andrew Diemer’s “Vigilance”
Bennett Parten reviews Andrew Diemer’s “Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad.”
Bennett Parten is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University. He holds a PhD in history from Yale University. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Civil War Monitor, and Zocalo Public Square.
Bennett Parten reviews Andrew Diemer’s “Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad.”
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