Susie King Taylor escapes slavery at 14. Charlotte Forten, a teacher from Philadelphia, boards a steamship, as does Laura Towne, a Boston medical school graduate. All three end up in Beaufort and the Sea Islands in 1862. Learn about the power of education and the resourcefulness of these women.

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