He was younger than Ellen expected, perhaps in his late 20s, with sharp eyes that…
Dawn came cold and gray over Charleston. Ellen and William left the hotel before the…
Most white folks traveling for health, they bring family or they hire nurses along the…
He glanced at Ellen at the sickly posture and bandaged arm at William following behind.…
Where I had chosen hatred and revenge, he had chosen love and forgiveness. I continued…
The station loomed ahead, its platform lit by gas lamps that cast long shadows across…
This was why their former enslavers never stopped hunting them. This was why slave catchers…
The same society that had created her would refuse to recognize her, blinded by its…
Ellen produced the paper with her left hand, the right still cradled in its sling.…
And when that happened, there would be no helpful stranger to intervene. No convenient excuse…