About Charity Still

Charity Still was an American abolitionist, and the matriarch of the American abolition movement. Her son William Still became a well-known abolitionist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her children Peter, James, John, and Mary played roles in the abolitionist movement. She is also known as Sidney Steel, and Sidney Charity Still.

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Occupation: activist, abolitionist
Citizenship: United States
Born: 1775
Died: 1857

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Charity Still

American abolitionist (c. 1775 – 1857), matriarch of the American abolition movement and witness to the development of the Underground Railroad

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About Charity Still

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Occupation: activist, abolitionist
Citizenship: United States
Born: 1775
Died: 1857

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by by J.W. Gibson, William H. Crogman, with introd. by Booker T. Washington via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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