Baltimore was the worst of all the checkpoints, the last slave port before Pennsylvania, the…
“Come in,” she said, ushering them inside and closing the door firmly. “Quickly, now inside,”…
I want to start by telling you something that took me many years to fully…
There was a construction or repair project of some kind that had brought him and…
And then he said that he had been spending a lot of time examining his…
The consciousness of being observed, of being known to the wrong people, had been present…
There were hours of waiting in locations that felt exposed, waiting for something or someone…
“He is loyal,” Ellen said, her voice barely above a whisper. The woman smiled, but…
Hours passed. The train stopped at smaller stations, brief pauses where passengers boarded and disembarked,…
The older man smiled sadly. “Whatever you want. That’s what free means. ” The train…