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082 0 4 _a306.362
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100 1 _aWoo, Ilyon,
_eauthor
_913225
245 1 0 _aMaster slave husband wife :
_ban epic journey from slavery to freedom /
_cIlyon Woo
246 3 0 _aEpic journey from slavery to freedom
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2023
264 4 _c©2023
300 _a410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index
505 0 _aOverture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda
520 _aPresents 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
520 _aIn 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
600 1 0 _aCraft, William
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600 1 0 _aCraft, Ellen
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650 0 _aFugitive slaves
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_913228
650 0 _aFugitive slaves
_zEngland
_vBiography
_913229
650 0 _aSlaves
_zGeorgia
_vBiography
_913230
650 0 _aRacially mixed women
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_913231
650 0 _aAbolitionists
_zUnited States
_vBiography
_913232
650 0 _aAntislavery movements
_xHistory
_y19th century
_913233
655 7 _aBiographies.
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