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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Woo, Ilyon
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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 ...

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom 2024, Simon & Schuster

ISBN-13: 9781501191060

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom 2023, Simon & Schuster

ISBN-13: 9781501191053

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom 2023, Simon & Schuster Audio

ISBN-13: 9781797151366

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