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BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution

May 12, 202657:40Society & Culture

She fled on horseback in the thick of war. Her six-year-old son rode with her. The white tailor at her side would pass, when anyone asked, as her husband. Her name was Sarah. She was one of tens of thousands of enslaved...

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BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution is an episode from Ben Franklin's World by Liz Covart. She fled on horseback in the thick of war. Her six-year-old son rode with her. The white tailor at her side would pass, wh...

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Published May 12, 2026, 57:40 long, audio available.

BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution

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