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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaskill, Barbara, author.

Series:

A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.

Fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves--England--Biography.

Enslaved persons--Georgia--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

Spouses--United States--Biography.

Spouses.

Multiracial women--United States--Biography.

Multiracial women.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

Antislavery movements--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Craft, William.

Craft, Ellen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780820347240

0820347248

OCLC:

910446876