Karolyn Smardz Frost Books
I ve got a home in glory land
As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans in 1831, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring escape from Louisville. Discovered by slave catcher...
Read MoreA Fluid Frontier
By Barbara Hughes Smith Ph.D, Bryan Prince, David W. Blight, Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Veta Smith Tucker, Irene Moore Davis, Margaret Washington, Karolyn Smardz Frost, Finkenbine Roy E., Debian Marty, Larry McClellan, Kimberly Simmons, Buxton National Historic Site Museum, Afua Cooper, Carol E. Mull, Adrienne Shadd
Read MoreSteal away home
Recounts the story of Cecelia Jane Reynolds who was born into bondage in Louisville, Kentucky, escaped to Canada in 1846 and ultimately returned to Louisville almost twenty years later.
Read More