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Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery: William and Ellen Craft in Cultural Memory (A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)
Barbara Mccaskill
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Paperback. The spectacular 1848 escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. In Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery , Barbara McCaskill revisits this dual escape and examines the collaborations and partnerships that characterized the CraftsAE activism for the next thirty years. Series: A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: B; DNJ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
The spectacular 1848 escape of William and Ellen Craft (1824–1900; 1826–1891) from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. Ellen, who could pass for white, disguised herself as a gentleman slaveholder; William accompanied her as his “master’s” devoted slave valet; both travelled openly by train, steamship, and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day. In Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery, Barbara McCaskill revisits this dual escape and examines the collaborations and partnerships that characterized the Crafts’ activism for the next thirty years: in Boston, where they were on the run again ... Read more
The spectacular 1848 escape of William and Ellen Craft (1824–1900; 1826–1891) from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. Ellen, who could pass for white, disguised herself as a gentleman slaveholder; William accompanied her as his “master’s” devoted slave valet; both travelled openly by train, steamship, and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day. In Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery, Barbara McCaskill revisits this dual escape and examines the collaborations and partnerships that characterized the Crafts’ activism for the next thirty years: in Boston, where they were on the run again ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820347240
SKU
V9780820347240
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About Barbara Mccaskill
Barbara McCaskill is an associate professor of English and co-director of the Civil Rights Digital Library at the University of Georgia, USA.
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