Of Sacrifice and Surrender: America's First Abolitionists

Slavery was the backbone of the British American economy. Many colonists understood the practice of human bondage was a crime against God and country. One of the earliest efforts to make good on the Founders promise of equality for all people can be traced back to two unlikely warriors in the fight for freedom.

Steven Brixton was a young Tory living in a secluded eastern shore fishing village in Maryland's County Somerset. He first met Coleman Holyday, a forgotten Revolutionary War hero, on ...