In this episode, we bring light to Anna Murray Douglass, the first wife of Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass tried to escape slavery. He failed twice.

Then he met Anna, and he never failed again.

Here the UnderTold love story of Anna & Frederick.

Sources:

1. Anna Murray Douglass – My Mother As I Recall Her by Rosetta Douglass Sprague

2. My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass

3. Free City of Baltimore

4. Life and Time of Frederick Douglass, byFrederick Douglass; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

5. North Star Front Page

6. Putting Out System.

7. Demographics of Free Blacks

This is an all ears episode about Robert Smalls - thepirate/superhero from South Carolina. Listen in as CM and her 7 year old co-host, Naz (who hand selected the sounds effects) chat about this legend.

Sources:

• Be Free or Die by Cate Lineberry (book)
• The Jealous Bragging Turtle, Gullah (South Carolina ETV Commission)

Recommendations:

• Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls by Rob Edwards (graphic novel)
• Dr. Binocs on YouTube
• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown