Master slave husband wife, an epic journey from slavery to freedom, Ilyon Woo
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- Biographies
- Fugitive slaves [DNU] -- England -- Biography
- Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Biography
- Racially mixed women -- United States -- Biography
- Craft, William
- Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
- Craft, Ellen
- Escaped enslaved persons -- England -- Biography
- Antislavery movements + History -- 19th century
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography
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Master slave husband wife, an epic journey from slavery to freedom, Ilyon Woo
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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platesillustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Master slave husband wife
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1330896057
Responsibility statement
Ilyon Woo
Sub title
an epic journey from slavery to freedom
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
Table of contents
Overture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda
Target audience
adult
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Epic journey from slavery to freedom
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