{"id":2051,"date":"2011-01-26T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T20:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/150th\/?p=2051"},"modified":"2011-03-16T22:52:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T03:52:21","slug":"1856-joseph-c-bustill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/150th\/2011\/01\/26\/1856-joseph-c-bustill\/","title":{"rendered":"1856 (Arguing for Justice) Joseph C. Bustill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Narrative<\/strong>
\nJoseph Bustill was a teacher and an Underground Railroad agent from Harrisburg who helped create a “Fugitive Aid Society” in Pennsylvania’s capital city during the 1850s.\u00a0 He is one of the few agents who left behind operational letters, including this one to William Still from 1856 that refers to the escape of four adult slaves and two children (“four large and two small hams”).<\/p>\n

Life & Family<\/strong>
\nThe Bustill family were prominent black Quakers from Philadelphia. Joseph Bustill was the great uncle of legendary singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>
\nImportant primary sources include three letters that Bustill sent William Still in 1856. These letters were later published in Still’s \u00a0Underground Rail Road<\/a><\/em> (1872). You can also read them on House Divided – March 24, 1856<\/a> ; April 28, 1856<\/a> ; May 31, 1856<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Places to Visit<\/strong>
\nFew structures associated with the Underground Railroad in Harrisburg remain, but there are historic markers, such as one for Tanner’s Alley<\/a> (where Bustill lived), which describe the local black community and their role in helping slaves escape to freedom.<\/p>\n

Images<\/strong>
\nThe slideshow below includes images related to the Underground Railroad:
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