From Crown Road to Freedom Road: King’s Highway to 19th Century Turnpikes
Because King’s Highway connected South Jersey directly to the northern parts of the state, it frequently brought freedom seekers into contact with Quaker abolitionist networks. Because New Jersey sat between Philadelphia and New York City and was close to the slave states of Delaware and Maryland, many Underground Railroad routes passed through the state.
Susan Stoderl
Jul 82 min read
Anna Maria Weems, alias "Joe Wright"
Anna Maria Weems, alias "Joe Wright," escaped enslavement in 1855 with the help of William Still and other abolitionists.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 18, 20252 min read
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way | The Inventive Escape of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box Brown, who was born in 1815, escaped from the Virginia slave owner who sold his pregnant wife and three children away.
Susan Stoderl
Aug 2, 20242 min read
A Writer's Life | Historical Fiction
In historical fiction, there’s a literal truth and an emotional truth. The fiction writer tries to show the emotional truth.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 28, 20242 min read