skinny.

Latest / Twelve Years a Slave

From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom-Lucy Ann Delaney

From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom by Lucy Ann Delaney.

In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a freeborn black woman who had been kidnapped and sold on the blocks--but escaped while a teenager and eventually sued in court for her freedom.

Featured on Twelve Years a Slave.

Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

This episode includes AI-generated content.

The skinny

The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.