University of Georgia Press · New release
The Vigilance Network
The Secret Society That Moved Freedom Seekers Through Philadelphia
University of Georgia Press · American History
Releases December 01, 2026 · ISBN 9780820377421
About the book
Carrie Hagen tells the story of Philadelphia's Black and white abolitionists, among them William Still, Robert Purvis, and Lucretia Mott, who helped people escaping slavery before the Civil War.
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