Freedom by Any Means

Following up Betty DeRamus’s Essence bestselling Forbidden Fruit , Freedom by Any Means follows the story of extraordinary acts of courage and love by Blacks in the American slave era with beautifully written and inspiring stories of how slaves used the law — against all odds — to gain freedom for themselves and loved ones. In Freedom by Any Means , Betty DeRamus explains that “Much of what we think we know about African American history isn't completely true.” Slave freedom isn’t limited to the