South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War
Alice L. Baumgartner
Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Enslaved people escaped slavery by heading north -- but thousands headed south. South to Freedom tells the story of Mexico's rise as an antislavery republic and a promised land for enslaved people in North America. It reveals what happened when American slaves fled "the land of the free" for freedom in Mexico.