Bryan Prince

One more river to cross

My brother's keeper : African Canadians and the American Civil War

I Came As a Stranger: The Underground Railroad

Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north to freedom in Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. It was neither underground nor was it a railroad, and was most remarkable for its lack of formal organization, so cloaked in secrecy that few facts […]

A Shadow on the Household: One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom

The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada. Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north from enslavement in the United States to freedom in Canada. In A Shadow on the Household, […]