Although the names may sound familiar, they are not real people, but characters in Blair Gowrie’s humourous and satirical tale, "The Adventures of George".

A runaway slave who is unsure about what lies in the North, must decide to return home with a slave catcher or keep running to the North.

In Marion County, West Virginia the worst mining disaster in American history occurred on December 6th 1907. An explosion occurred in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah. It claimed the lives of 361 coal miners.

African American poets in the hills of Appalachia.

The indicated features a shortened scene of a broader play that presents the fleeing experience of a young slave girl, who is starving to bask in the great glory of liberty and dwell the American dream. This shortened scene also contains useful facts concerning slavery in America in the era preceding the pivotal moment of the Civil War that transformed the genuine ideals of the nation into the basic laws that interlink each human being making up our present society.

Read how being African American has affected me sexually.

Punishment of the slaves.

I think this video could have a profound effect on all African Americans, but specifically those who believe there are no ties that bind us to the African Diaspora.