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Master slave husband wife an epic journey from slavery to freedom

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.

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Main Author:	Woo, Ilyon (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	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. Biographies.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-391) and index.
ISBN:	9781501191053 1501191055
Author Notes:	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.