Scott Shane is a reporter, a research fellow, a lecturer, and an author.

His latest book, Flee North, tells the story of the two men responsible for freeing hundreds of enslaved people and establishing the Underground Railroad: Thomas Smallwood and Charles Turner Torrey.

In this episode, Scott and I discuss:

Thomas Smallwood; Charles Turner Torrey; Frederick Douglass; Harriet Tubman; Escaping from Enslavement; The Middle Passage from Africa; The Origin of the Underground Railroad; What the Underground Railroad was all about; The Domestic Slavetrade v. The International Slavetrade; The centrality of Baltimore and its role in the slavetrade; The Infamous Hope Slatter; The Deep South; Tobacco and Cotton; The Border States; Antebellum America; Crabs and Oysters; George Floyd; Racism in modern America…

And MUCH More!

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Links to Scott’s stuff:

Flee North

https://www.amazon.com/Flee-North-Forgotten-Slaverys-Borderland/dp/1250843219/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8LP37G8L5TSK&keywords=scott+shane&qid=1697561591&sprefix=scott+shane%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1

Personal Website:

https://www.scottshane.org/

Twitter:

@ScottShaneNYT

https://twitter.com/ScottShaneNYT

New York Times Profile:

https://www.nytimes.com/by/scott-shane

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Links to my stuff:

Check out my Instagram page for shorts from this and prior episodes: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/

Twitter: @DanielEFinneran

Website: finneranswake.com

Email me at finneranswake@gmail.com

My sister project, PNEUMA, on which I put out sleep stories, meditations, mindfulness content: Youtube @pneumabydanielfinneran

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