Scott shane to the library to discuss his latest book flee north, a forgotten hero in the fight for freedom in slavery borderland in it, he recounts the life of abolitionist Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape slavery in baltimore in the underground, flee north also tells the story of the baltimore slave hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of people south from the inner harbor, often separating them from their families forever. This the author will be joined in conversation by journalist scott shane is a former reporter for the New York Times and baltimore sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist president and the rise of the drone in dismantling utopia. How information ended the soviet Union Michael fletcher is a senior writer. Espns enterprise and investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort, the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his
It. He recounts the life of abolitionist thomas who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape in washington. Baltimore and the underground railroad flee north also tells, the story of the baltimore slave trader, hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of south from the inner harbor, often them from their families forever. This evening, the author will be joined in conversation by journalist Michael Fletcher scott shane is a former for the New York Times and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist, a president and rise of the drone in dismantling utopia how information ended the soviet union. Michael is a Senior Writer with espns enterprise, an investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his review of the book the washington post, richard, who wrote flee north, a gripping story, told at a brisk pace in a no fuss prose
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I thoroughly enjoyed it and im really looking forward to our conversation today. Thank you. Its really so to be here with you. Yeah. Would love to start by just simply asking about the Research Project itself. You know, being a i was just fascinated by all the different kinds of things you were looking at from the official records housed in the National Archives, newspapers, census records, family photographs, all of it, and it sounded like, from the way you describe the process, you basically been researching this Family History for a very long time. So maybe you could start by taking us back to when you start first. Think about writing a family or researching your Family History and what brought you there. Sure. Absolutely. Thank you. And i just want to say that mott is about the impact of the exclusion act laws on four generations of my famy in new yorks chinatown. As we landed out in the American West then did a reverse migration across country before eventually landing in the same
Scott shane to the library. His latest book, flee north a forgotten hero in the fight for freedom, slavery, borderland in it. He recounts the life of abolitionist thomas who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape in washington. Baltimore and the underground railroad flee north also tells, the story of the baltimore slave trader, hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of south from the inner harbor, often them from their families forever. This evening, the author will be joined in conversation by journalist Michael Fletcher scott shane is a former for the New York Times and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist, a president and rise of the drone in dismantling utopia how information ended the soviet union. Michael is a Senior Writer with espns enterprise, an investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his review