A woman on a platform who would look at William and see someone she recognized, someone she had known, someone she believed she owned. And…
The entire architecture of bondage depended on the lie that enslaved people were incapable of self-governance, that they needed the protection and guidance of those…

On a Saturday afternoon in June 1997, a 4-year-old girl disappeared inside a hospital. 20 minutes earlier, she had walked into a thirdf flooror ward…
The sling would excuse her from putting pen to paper. One small piece of cloth standing between her and exposure. William watched from the corner…
He laughed, a warm sound that made Ellen’s stomach twist. I’m heading to Savannah myself. business with the Port Authority. Tedious work, but someone has…
The same demand that had nearly trapped them in Savannah. Ellen felt the weight of watching eyes, the proximity of armed men, the impossibility of…
A white woman was pursuing William through the crowd, calling out a name, drawing attention. Already, two men near the pillar had stopped to watch,…
The man looked back at the officer. I’m Dr. Mitchell. I practice here in Baltimore. I can see from his condition that this young man…
Remain in America and live under constant threat of capture or leave the country entirely, abandoning the freedom they had fought so hard to claim.…
Waited there for 3 years. Hundreds of people walked past it, looked at it, moved on to other items until March 2013 when Linda Brooks…


