Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Tom Zoellner on the Role of Music and Faith in the Experiences of the Formerly Enslaved

By Tom Zoellner | October 17, 2025

Unexpected Lessons from the Back Roads of the American Midwest

Unexpected Lessons from the Back Roads of the American Midwest

Tom Zoellner Follows in the Footsteps of Poet Carl Sandburg

By Tom Zoellner | October 16, 2020

Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

Sam Sharpe and the Revolt That Ended British Slavery

Tom Zoellner Revisits the Baptist War Slave Rebellion

By Tom Zoellner | June 2, 2020

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