They moved slowly, taking in every detail. The walls were lined with wooden crates stencled with vermached markings. Thomas pried one open and found it…
They had risked everything on the belief that slavery was wrong and must be resisted. History had proven them right. Their return to Georgia carried…
The platform began to slide away, and with it, Baltimore, Maryland, the last city in slave territory. Ellen sat frozen in her seat, watching through…
Confirmation, encouragement, a sign that escape was possible. William looked away, unable to give him what he wanted. Any gesture of solidarity could expose them…
“Wilm and then onward. ” “Ah, I’m stopping in Wilmington myself, visiting family. ” The woman paused, studying Ellen with open curiosity. You’re traveling for…
On the other hand, allowing suspicious travelers aboard could result in worse consequences if they turned out to be fugitives. Port regulations require documentation for…
That test was still waiting for her somewhere between here and freedom in a hotel lobby where a pen and paper would become instruments of…

Pierre Laval’s story is one of shocking betrayal and chilling ambition. A man once hailed as the people’s hope, who became the architect of France’s…

I was standing in the middle of one of the busiest airports in the country, surrounded by hundreds of people rushing to their gates, dragging…
You didn’t just lose your job. It was in every word of the proceedings. You lost it in a way that is on record that…



