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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812905603321

Autore

McCaskill Barbara

Titolo

Love, liberation, and escaping slavery : William and Ellen Craft in cultural memory / / Barbara McCaskill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Georgia ; ; London, [England] : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8203-4724-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Collana

A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication

Disciplina

306.3/620922

Soggetti

Fugitive slaves - United States

Fugitive slaves - England

Enslaved persons - Georgia

African Americans

Spouses - United States

Racially mixed women - United States

Abolitionists - United States

Antislavery movements - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. The Crafts and the Memory of Slavery""; ""One. The “Thrilling� Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Georgia""; ""Two. Boston�s Glorious Fugitives""; ""Three. Running a Thousand Miles in England""; ""Four. The Boston Libel Trial of William Craft""; ""Epilogue. A Story to Pass Down""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

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 traveled 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