This story has been in one form or another with me since I was about 16-years-old. That is around the same time that I was introduced to my grandfathers book, The Underground Railroad in Connecticut by Professor Horatio T. Strother. He was one of a few history professors who were African American at that time. His passion was history and specifically black history.

My mother had told me about him for as long as I can remember, but it wasnt until I was a teenager when my Uncle Eddie started...