03569nam 2200745 450 991079713460332120230325005941.00-8203-4724-8(CKB)3710000000420253(EBL)2055021(OCoLC)910446876(SSID)ssj0001482324(PQKBManifestationID)11893814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482324(PQKBWorkID)11508859(PQKB)11615678(MiAaPQ)EBC2055021(MdBmJHUP)muse47969(Au-PeEL)EBL2055021(CaPaEBR)ebr11058560(CaONFJC)MIL787567(EXLCZ)99371000000042025320150617h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLove, liberation, and escaping slavery William and Ellen Craft in cultural memory /Barbara McCaskillAthens, Georgia ;London, [England] :The University of Georgia Press,2015.©20151 online resource (149 p.)A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund PublicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8203-4832-5 0-8203-3802-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. The Crafts and the Memory of Slavery""; ""One. The “Thrillingâ€? Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Georgia""; ""Two. Bostonâ€?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""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 nextA Sarah Mills Hodge Fund PublicationFugitive slavesUnited StatesBiographyFugitive slavesEnglandBiographyEnslaved personsGeorgiaBiographyAfrican AmericansBiographySpousesUnited StatesBiographyRacially mixed womenUnited StatesBiographyAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographyAntislavery movementsHistory19th centuryFugitive slavesFugitive slavesEnslaved personsAfrican AmericansSpousesRacially mixed womenAbolitionistsAntislavery movementsHistory306.3/620922McCaskill Barbara1508886MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797134603321Love, liberation, and escaping slavery3863280UNINA