On this episode of Our American Stories, Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina tells the story about David George, a man who would escape his bondage only to find himself with new captors, a newfound faith, and eventually...a new freedom in Canada. The late Gini Mancini, wife of American composer Henry Mancini, tells the story of his life in music and their life together.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Runaway Slave Who Founded the Black Baptist Church

23:00 -  From Steel Town to Tinsel Town: The Life of Composer Henry Mancini