<i>Stand by the River</i>

Stand by the River

<p><i><b>Stand by the River</b></i> is a musical written by Joanne and <span class="new">Mark Sutton-Smith</span> based on the life of abolitionist <a href="/en/William_Still" title="William Still" class="wl">William Still</a>, his liberation of <a href="/en/Jane_Johnson_(slave)" title="Jane Johnson (slave)" class="wl">Jane Johnson</a> and her two sons from slavery in 1855, and the federal trial that summer. </p>

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Stand by the River is a musical written by Joanne and Mark Sutton-Smith based on the life of abolitionist William Still, his liberation of Jane Johnson and her two sons from slavery in 1855, and the federal trial that summer.  