Another young man from a good family with too much money and not enough health. Ellen kept her gaze unfocused behind the green glass. Her…
Charleston would be more vigilant than Savannah. Wilmington more vigilant than Charleston. and Baltimore, the last slave port before freedom, would be the most dangerous…
Behind the green tinted glasses, she studied the face that was warning her about the very people who might save her life. “I understand,” she…
A couple traveling first class, displaying all the markers of wealth and status, could cross five states undetected simply because observers could not imagine that…
Ellen’s light skin, the result of her enslavers assault on her mother, had been a mark of shame her entire life. Now it would become…
When Ellen approached, he looked up and his gaze lingered just a fraction too long. “Ticket, sir,” he said, extending his hand. Ellen produced the…
A woman who would sit beside Ellen on a steamer and casually, almost accidentally, begin to unravel the threads of the disguise. And when that…
She had become in some strange way invisible through visibility. The sick young gentleman was now part of the scenery, too pathetic to be interesting.…
The city at this hour belonged to workers and night watchmen, to people whose lives operated in the margins of society’s attention. The station loomed…
Recognizing that the power imbalances inherent in their relationship made true consent questionable. Yet this sympathy wared with a fury so intense it frightened her.…


