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    Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom (2023)
    London : Ithaka
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    ISBN: 9781804183632
    Language: English
    Pages: 410 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten , 24 cm
    DDC: 306.3620922
    Keywords: Abolitionismus ; Sklaverei ; Frau ; Schwarze Frau ; USA ; Biografie
    Abstract: Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave. In December 1848, a young enslaved couple named Ellen and William Craft traveled openly by rail, coach and steamship from Macon, Georgia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen, who passed for white, disguised herself as a wealthy disabled man,with William as "his" slave. Woo follows their journey north, and in joining the abolitionist lecture circuit. When the new Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 put them at risk, they fled from the United States. Their very existence challenged the nation's core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all.
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    Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom (2023)
    New York ; London ; Sydney ; Toronto ; New Delhi : Simon & Schuster
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    ISBN: 9781501191053
    Language: English
    Pages: 410 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln , Illustrationen, 1 Karte , 24 cm
    Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.362092273
    Keywords: Craft, Ellen ; Craft, William ; Geschichte ; Abolitionismus ; Sklave ; Georgia ; Craft, William ; Craft, Ellen ; Fugitive slaves / United States / Biography ; Fugitive slaves / England / Biography ; Slaves / Georgia / Biography ; Racially mixed women / United States / Biography ; Abolitionists / United States / Biography ; Antislavery movements / History / 19th century ; Biographies ; Biographies ; Biografie ; Biografie ; Biografie ; Craft, William 1826-1900 ; Craft, Ellen 1826-1891 ; Georgia ; Sklave ; Abolitionismus ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave
    Abstract: In December 1848, a young enslaved couple named Ellen and William Craft traveled openly by rail, coach and steamship from Macon, Georgia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen, who passed for white, disguised herself as a wealthy disabled man, with William as "his" slave. Woo follows their journey north, and in joining the abolitionist lecture circuit. When the new Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 put them at risk, they fled from the United States. Their very existence challenged the nation's core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all. -- Adapted from jacket
    Description / Table of Contents: Overture -- Macon -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Charleston -- Overland -- Pennsylvania -- New England -- The United States -- Canada -- Overseas -- Coda
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    The great divorce : a nineteenth century mother's extraordinary fight against her husband, the Shakers, and her times (2010)
    New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press
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    ISBN: 9780802119469
    Language: English
    Pages: 404 S.
    Edition: 1. ed.
    RVK:
    HD 475
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    LB 46610
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    MS 3200
    RVK:
    MS 6575
    Keywords: Chapman, Eunice / 1778-1863 ; Chapman, James / 1763-1852 ; Shakers / New York (State) ; Shakers / Family relationships ; Shakers ; Geschichte 1800-1900 ; Geschichte 1814-1819 ; Parental kidnapping / New York (State) / Case studies ; Divorce / New York (State) ; Marriage law / New York (State) ; Custody of children / New York (State) ; Women's rights / New York (State) / History / 19th century ; Women / United States / Social conditions / 19th century ; Frau ; Geschichte ; Ehemann ; Elterliche Sorge ; Konfliktbewältigung ; Ehefrau ; USA ; New York ; Fallstudiensammlung ; New York ; Ehefrau ; Elterliche Sorge ; Konfliktbewältigung ; Ehemann ; Shakers ; Geschichte 1814-1819
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    Master Slave Husband Wife : An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom (2023)
    New York : Simon & Schuster
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    ISBN: 9781501191077
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (512 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.3/62092273 B
    Keywords: Craft, William ; Craft, Ellen ; Fugitive slaves-United States-Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Intro -- Title Page -- Map -- Dedication -- 1. Overture -- Revolutions of 1848 -- 2. Macon -- The Cottage -- William -- Ellen -- The Station -- 3. Georgia -- The Crafts -- Knocked Down -- Manifest Destiny -- Macon Bound -- 4. Savannah -- House of Strangers -- Charleston Bound -- Under Watch -- The Plan -- 5. Charleston -- Two Houses -- 6. Overland -- The Wrong Chap -- Boxed In -- The Capital -- Baltimore -- Baggage -- Christmas Eve Coda -- 7. Pennsylvania -- City of Brotherly Love -- Purvis -- Tiny Shoes -- Friends -- William Wells Brown -- 8. New England -- Singular Escape -- Cradle of Liberty -- Everlasting Yea -- Macon Again -- The Circuit -- The Six -- 9. The United States -- City upon a Hill -- Compromise -- Octopus Powers -- Revolutionaries -- Master Slave -- Men from Macon -- Webster's Men -- The Commissioner's Wife -- "To the Rescue!" -- "Slave Hunters in Boston!!!" -- The Coolest Man -- A World Turned Upside Down -- The United States Hotel -- The Lion's Den -- Disagreeable Duty -- Husband and Wife -- North -- 10. Canada -- Strangers -- The Cambria -- 11. Overseas -- Man of the World -- Two Williams -- Panoramas -- Soiree -- Harriet Martineau -- "Fugitive's Triumph" -- The Great Exhibition -- Freeborn -- 12. Coda -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Image Credits -- Copyright.
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    Master Slave Husband Wife : An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom (2024)
    New York : Simon & Schuster
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    ISBN: 9781501191060
    Language: English
    Pages: 432 Seiten
    DDC: 306.3620922
    Keywords: 1861-1877 (Periode des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs und die Ära des Wiederaufbaus) ; c 1800 to c 1900 ; Amerikanische Geschichte ; BIO002010 ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical ; Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch ; Biography: historical, political & military ; HIS056000 ; HISTORY / Social History ; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century ; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) ; History of the Americas ; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery ; Sklaverei und Abschaffung der Sklaverei ; Slavery & abolition of slavery ; Social & cultural history ; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte ; USA ; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA
    Note: Zielgruppe: 5PB-US-C, Bezug zu Afro-Amerikanern
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