Master slave, husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / Ilyon Woo.
2023
Non-Fiction
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Author
Title
Master slave, husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / Ilyon Woo.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Imprint
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Overture
Macon
Georgia
Savannah
Charleston
Overland
Pennsylvania
New England
The United States
Canada
Overseas
Coda.
Macon
Georgia
Savannah
Charleston
Overland
Pennsylvania
New England
The United States
Canada
Overseas
Coda.
Summary
In December 1848, a young enslaved couple named Ellen and William Craft traveled openly by rail, coach and steamship from Macon, Georgia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen, who passed for white, disguised herself as a wealthy disabled man, with William as "his" slave. Woo follows their journey north, and in joining the abolitionist lecture circuit. When the new Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 put them at risk, they fled from the United States. Their very existence challenged the nation's core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all. -- Adapted from jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781501191053 (hardback)
1501191055 (hardback)
9781501191077 (ebook)
1501191055 (hardback)
9781501191077 (ebook)
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