Ilyon Woo's new book explores the relentless pursuit of freedom
In "Master Slave Husband Wife," Ilyon Woo describes the story of Ellen and William Craft escaping slavery.
In her new book Master Slave Husband Wife, Ilyon Woo reconstructs the dramatic escape of a resourceful couple who escaped slavery.
Ellen and William Craft were considered the legal property of enslavers in Macon, Georgia. Their individual slave owners had at a much earlier point in their lives heartlessly separated them from their own loved ones.
In December 1848, the Crafts sought their freedom.
Ellen was a skilled seamstress. William was a talented cabinet maker. It was 800 miles to Philadelphia in the free state of Pennsylvania, but the Crafts managed
