Peter Still (1801-1868) was the older brother of Philadelphia vigilance leader William Still. Still was born into slavery but sold him south after his mother escaped to New Jersey. Peter eventually bought his freedom and came into contact with Philadelphia’s antislavery vigilance network in 1850, where he encountered with his long-lost brother William. Peter toured as an abolitionist lecturer to raise funds to purchase the rest of his family, still enslaved.
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