TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woo,Ilyon
TI  - Master slave husband wife: an epic journey from slavery to freedom 
SN  - 9781501191053
U1  - 306.362 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Craft, William
KW  - Craft, Ellen
KW  - Fugitive slaves
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - England
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Racially mixed women
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index; Overture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda
N2  - 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
ER  -