Firm hands gripped Fortune’s ample shoulders in a caring embrace. “Those are powerful words Kigwa,” responded a clearly moved Fletcher. Then he turned towards the others. “I hope the passion for liberty is as great in the rest of your hearts. By the way, I do things a little different from other freedom conductors; my way north is not only by land.
“Back twenty years or so ago my father rescued the captain of a large merchant ship. Father was a servant on that vessel. During one of many voyages they ran into a violent storm along the trade route that ships molasses from the Caribbean for finished goods in Savannah to trade timber in Nova Scotia. The captain was barely on this side of the living when my father saved him and brought him back to life.
“As my father’s reward, not only was he
