BELLEVILLE — A play based on true events, about the life of an inspiring and courageous slave girl who is taken from her mother and forced to work on another plantation with a performance of St. Louis ...

A compelling story about an African American girl's escape from slavery on a Southern plantation brings power and substance to this noteworthy picture book. When the rigors of cotton-field labor ...

A specially made quilt displayed Saturday at West District School’s “Step Into the Pages” event was inspired by the story of a young slave girl who sewed clues about the route to the underground ...

Quilts and quilting represent one of the most fascinating elements of the slavery period in U.S. history. Secret symbols in quilts hand-stitched by slaves guided conductors on the Underground Railroad ...