We talk with Christi­na Proen­za-Coles about her ground­break­ing new his­to­ry, Amer­i­can Founders: How Peo­ple of African Descent Estab­lished Free­dom in the New World.

Then, we talk with Jamaican-Eng­lish author Sarah Collins about her break­out debut nov­el, The Con­fes­sions of Fran­nie Lang­ton. Its an his­tor­i­cal thriller about a for­mer slave who is accused of mur­der­ing her employ­er and his wife in Geor­gian London.