Regina E. Mason

Regina E. Mason is a co-editor, with William L. Andrews, of Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave.

Latest

  1. The Fugitive Slave Who Wrote to the President

    What William Grimes wanted John Quincy Adams to know about freedom on the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding

    Regina E. Mason
    A collage of William Grimes's book title, alongside illustrations depicting enslaved persons on the underground railroad and a portrait of John Quincy Adams.
    Illustration by Liz Sanders / The Atlantic. Sources: Ann Ronan Pictures / Getty; Boston Athenaeum; Hulton Archive; Getty.