Today we take you back to 1847–48, when thirteen enslaved people bolted north from Maryland and found refuge with abolitionist Daniel Kauffman (Christy says David a few times, that's a speak-o) only to face a high-stakes lawsuit from their former owner, Mary M. Oliver. Over years of courtroom battles and appeals, their daring flight and Kauffman’s moral stand reveal the fierce legal and social forces arrayed against freedom. Christy draws a line to today’s struggles over erasing slavery from our public memory and spotlight the ongoing fight to honor the past and protect the most vulnerable. Subscribe for a powerful story of courage, resistance, and why we must keep freedom’s flame alive.