In 1841 Madison Washington escaped from the bloody plantations of Virginia into the relative freedom of Canada. A few months later, he returned to Virginia in attempt to free his wife Susan. The resulting story is one love, passion, and the power of the human spirit.

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Sources

• https://briankrice.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/one-of-the-greatest-slave-love-stories-ever/
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
• https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/slave-rebellions#ref1218383
• https://face2faceafrica.com/article/madison-washington-the-real-life-django-who-escaped-slavery-twice-during-the-1800s
• Lee, R. E. (1998). Madison Washington, slave mutineer. BLACFAX, 8(36), 8.

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