Michael Ealy reads J.W. Loguen, Letter to Mrs. Sarah Logue (March 28, 1860). Introduced by Dave Zirin. from hip w Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 69 sec
✓ Published: 05-Sep-2012

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Dave Zirin introduces actor Michael Ealy as he reads from a letter written by a former slave who became an abolitionist activist and a leader on the Underground Railroad.nnFreed slaves and fugitive slaves played a vital role in building the Underground Railroad and organizing for abolition. As slaves began to tell their stories, some wrote private, or in some cases public, letters to their former owners, defying their attempt to return them to slavery. Here is one such letter, from Jermain Wesle