Love, liberation, and escaping slavery : William and Ellen Craft in cultural memory / / Barbara McCaskill
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| Autore: |
McCaskill Barbara
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| Titolo: |
Love, liberation, and escaping slavery : William and Ellen Craft in cultural memory / / Barbara McCaskill
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Georgia ; ; London, [England] : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (149 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/620922 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Love, liberation, and escaping slavery |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-4724-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797134603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication