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.
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Henry Box Brown, who was born in 1815, escaped from the Virginia slave owner who sold his pregnant wife and three children away.
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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.
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