Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland is a 2023 biography of Thomas Smallwood written by American journalist Scott Shane.

Smallwood eventually connected with Charles Torrey, a white abolitionist from New England, who aided in helping enslaved individuals escape to the northern United States.

Torrey also claimed "to have been the first to organize these mass escapes of enslaved people [...] and the history books remember him as a hero who died of tuberculosis while imprisoned after having finally been caught.

[1] Kirkus Reviews called Flee North "a lively, readable narrative" and highlighted how the book restores "a forgotten chapter in abolitionist history".

"[3] Library Journal's Amy Lewontin called Flee North "an exceptionally well-written book that takes readers into the life and political development of Smallwood".