https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/price-of-a-child-the/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=price-of-a-child-the Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/price-of-a-child-the/comment-page-1/#comment-1490230 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:25:13 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=21567#comment-1490230 […] In one case cited in the preservationists’ brief, Still rescued a woman and her two sons from enslavement within sight of the white Southerner claiming ownership. The encounter happened as the party was about to cross from Philadelphia to Camden on the ferry.  African-American dock workers barred the white Southerner from making contact with the family while Still and an accomplice spirited them back into the city. The case made national news when Still and his allies were arrested. The story was eventually novelized as The Price of a Child. […]

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