This is the true story of Peter Still, who, after more than forty years in bondage as a slave, bought his freedom and then searched for and found his mother who in 1806 had made the difficult decision to flee north.
The life of the black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery as a child and managed, after much effort, to buy his freedom and that of his wife and children.
Shares the story of Peter Still, a boy left behind in slavery when his mother decided to flee north with her baby daughters in 1806; discussing how he was able to purchase his freedom after forty years in bondage, and telling about his risky attempts to win freedom for his wife and children.
