Master Slave Husband Wife - An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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.

About the author

Ilyon Woo is the New York Times bestselling author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom and The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and The New York Times, and she has received support for her research from the Whiting Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society, among other institutions. She holds a BA in the Humanities from Yale College and a PhD in English from Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Ilyon Woo, Ilyon Woo
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781501191060
• ISBN: 978-1-5011-9106-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery