02679cam a2200505 i 4500 1330896057 MeVbMML 20230315132138.0 220619t20232023nyuabf b 001 0deng d 9781501191053 (hardback) 1501191055 (hardback) 9781501191077 (ebook) (OCoLC)1330896057 AJM n-us--- 306.362 23 306.362.W842m Woo, Ilyon, author 13225 Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / Ilyon Woo Epic journey from slavery to freedom First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023 ©2023 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index Overture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave 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 Craft, William 13226 Craft, Ellen 13227 Fugitive slaves United States Biography 13228 Fugitive slaves England Biography 13229 Slaves Georgia Biography 13230 Racially mixed women United States Biography 13231 Abolitionists United States Biography 13232 Antislavery movements History 19th century 13233 Biographies. lcgft 5221 .b178239690 ddc BOOK 28734 28734 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2023-03-17 29.99 2 306.362 WOO 64210 2023-06-21 2023-05-20 2023-03-15 BOOK 1