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Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / Ilyon Woo.

Woo, Ilyon, (author.).

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. The boldness of their carefully planned escape from slavery would be exceeded only by its brilliant execution. 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501191053 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1501191055 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Overture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda.
Subject: Craft, William.
Craft, Ellen.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > England > Biography.
Slaves > Georgia > Biography.
Racially mixed women > United States > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Antislavery movements > History > 19th century.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 39 of 60 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 4 current holds with 60 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 920 WOO (Text) 50687011818195 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 920 WOO (Text)
Bookplate: In Memory of Sr. John R. Finnerty
50686016276698 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library B CRA (Text) 37268003165891 AHMFL Biography Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 306.362 WOO (Text) 33240005150415 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 306.362 Woo (Text)
Memorial: In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
00156825 Stacks Available -
Bangor Public Library 306.362 WOO (Text) 75011000388584 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Blossburg Memorial Library 306.362 WOO (Text) 30063000278194 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library 306.362 WOO (Text) 33249024856068 Non-fiction Checked Out 04/16/2024
Cambria County Library 306.362 W873m (Text) 85131001865691 CACM Non-Fiction Checked Out 04/09/2024
Carbondale Public Library 920 WOO (Text) 50688010861160 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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