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02325aam a2200445 i 4500 001 6505F0B6D79911EEA0F8FB843CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240301010029 008 240229t20242023nyuabf b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1501191063 020 $a 9781501191060 035 $a (OCoLC)1417409363 040 $a MIBLS $b eng $e rda $c MIBLS $d OCLCO $d PAE $d YDX $d BDX $d NBJ $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en $a n-us-ga $a e-uk-en 082 04 $a 306.362 $2 23 084 $a 306.362 $b WOO 100 1 $a Woo, Ilyon, $e author. 245 10 $a Master slave husband wife $h [Book] : $b an epic journey from slavery to freedom / $c Ilyon Woo. 246 30 $a Epic journey from slavery to freedom 250 $a First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2024. 300 $a 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 25.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-391) and index. 505 00 $t Coda. $t Macon -- $t Georgia -- $t Savannah -- $t Charleston -- $t Overland -- $t Pennsylvania -- $t New England -- $t The United States -- $t Canada -- $t Overseas -- $t Coda. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Craft, William. 600 10 $a Craft, Ellen. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $v Biography. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Enslaved persons $z Georgia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Racially mixed women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Abolitionists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $x History $y 19th century. 655 7 $a Biographies. 941 $a 2 952 $l ESPD725 $d 20240503143221.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240301010301.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6505F0B6D79911EEA0F8FB843CECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search