Story of Writing September 3, 2025

English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, UK and U.S. officials sign the Treaty of Paris - ending the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Douglass escapes slavery. The UN institutes the international treaty called The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the U.S. and China sign the Paris Global Climate Change Agreement. This episode includes a reading from Frederick Douglass' “My Escape from Slavery.”