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Professor gates bought the manuscript, authenticated it and published it in 2002 under the original title the bond woman's narrative. every indication was the name hannah crafts was a pseudonym because a fugitive slave would be afraid to use her real name then. enter professor greg hekomanvich chairman of the english department in rockville south carolina who spend the last ten years trying to determine the true identity of hannah crafts. he has determined that hannah crafts was really hannah bond, a slave in service to the wheeler family in north carolina. joining me now the man who uncovered...

Every indication was the name hannah crafts was a pseudonym because a fugitive slave would be afraid to use her real name then. enter professor greg hekomanvich chairman of the english department in rockville south carolina who spend the last ten years trying to determine the true identity of hannah crafts. he has determined that hannah crafts was really hannah bond, a slave in service to the wheeler family in north carolina. joining me now the man who uncovered this mystery, winthrop university english professor greg hekomanvich. must be a thrill to have finally gotten to the end of the road ...

You're giving sanctuary to people from many places who have married and had children in your city. >> we're a city of immigrants. all over the world are in the city of newark who are undocumented and are terrified by what's happening in this country today. >> what happens if they start cutting your federal funds because you won't break rank and do what you said a fugitive slave kind of -- >> there's some entitlement fund that most cities get, dollars for federally qualified health care centers. opportunities to fix neighborhoods run down. this will probably hit the most vulnerable in our commu...