With courage and ingenuity, people could reclaim their own lives. Other enslaved people heard the story and were inspired to attempt their own escapes. While…

In 2012, a woman driving home from a night shift at a factory heard a voice on the radio that made her slam on the…
“What do I need to remember?” William’s voice was steady, though his eyes betrayed his fear. Walk slowly like moving hurts. Keep the glasses on,…
Neither of them knew that within hours the greatest test of their courage would arrive, not as an official demand or a suspicious question, but…

A child vanished in broad daylight. Oakland, California, 1992. Two kids were playing just a few meters from home. Yet, one of them disappeared so…
Ellen nodded slowly, watching her reflection. Practice the movements. Slower, stiffer, the careful, pained gate of a man whose body was failing him. She had…
Passengers disembarking, porters hauling luggage, vendors calling out offers of food and newspapers. Richmond was larger than Savannah, busier than Charleston, and infinitely more dangerous.…
Each new escape weakened the system a little more, made the fiction of permanent bondage a little harder to maintain. But the story’s impact went…
” Ellen nodded gratefully and moved forward, William following at the appropriate distance. They crossed the dock in silence, blending into the stream of passengers…
“Welcome to Pennsylvania, sir. Just about an hour to Philadelphia now. ” Ellen nodded, unable to speak. “Pennsylvania, free soil. The word seemed impossible, too…

