This is an All Ears episode about Anna Murray Douglass with co-host, 7 year old Naz.

Frederick Douglass attempted to escape from slavery twice. He failed. And then he met Anna and Anna had a plan. The rest is history.

Hear the UnderTold history of Anna Murray Douglass, the woman who dedicated her life to antislavery and civil rights for Black Americans.

Sources: Anna Murray Douglass, My Mother As I Recall Her by Rosetta Douglass Sprague

In this episode, we bring light to Anna Murray Douglass, the first wife of Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass tried to escape slavery. He failed twice.

Then he met Anna, and he never failed again.

Here the UnderTold love story of Anna & Frederick.

Sources:

1. Anna Murray Douglass – My Mother As I Recall Her by Rosetta Douglass Sprague

2. My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass

3. Free City of Baltimore

4. Life and Time of Frederick Douglass, byFrederick Douglass; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

5. North Star Front Page

6. Putting Out System.

7. Demographics of Free Blacks

This is an all ears episode about Robert Smalls - the pirate/superhero from South Carolina. Listen in as CM and her 7 year old co-host, Naz (who hand selected the sounds effects) chat about this legend.

Sources:

• Be Free or Die by Cate Lineberry (book)
• The Jealous Bragging Turtle, Gullah (South Carolina ETV Commission)

Recommendations:

• Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls by Rob Edwards (graphic novel)
• Dr. Binocs on YouTube
• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

In this episode about the most courageous South Carolinian, we learn about Robert Smalls' dramatic and legendary escape from slavery in a Confederate ship, and the details you'd never guess about what happened afterwards.

The guest is Christopher Lomax, Founder/Principal at Lomax Legal.

The main source is the book Be Free or Die by Cate Lineberry.

Writer, Producer, Creator: Crystal Marie

Theme music created by Alexa Gold

Welcome to UnderTold. Here with the help of friends, we tell the jaw-dropping, unexpected, heart-wrenching details you didn’t know about Black people, events and stories you’ve probably heard about your whole life.

This teaser introduces you to the host, co-host and the season.

Theme music by Alexa Gold