Ilyon Woo
Autor de Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Obras de Ilyon Woo
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Woo, Ilyon
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Educación
- Yale University (BA|Humanities)
Columbia University (PhD|English) - Ocupaciones
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 450
- Popularidad
- #54,506
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 21
- ISBNs
- 14
This was so eye opening. I had never heard this story. I liked it. I liked how we got the story of the Crafts and their escape. I also liked there was unknown history given. I knew some of the "big" names that helped or hindered this couple. I liked learning about the others who helped them who history has forgotten.
Their escape was remarkable as they leave with Ellen dressing as a wealthy young man who is sickly, and William is her slave. I also liked that the route was given as well as the methods used. I also liked how everything of the pre-Civil War era is shown and how it does or may impact them. I also liked that their enslavers are not forgotten in the story. This is a full, rich story.
Their escape to Canada and the difficulties they ran into are described. Their arrival in Liverpool and meeting up again with William Bell Brown is given as well as what was happening in the United Kingdom during this period. I liked the part with the World's Fair and how those who support slavery cannot speak out about it.
I also liked that I saw a new perspective of how the North and the United Kingdom were as complicit in slavery as the South. The South may have practiced it, but the North participated in it through cotton, manufacturing, and trade. I did not realize how intertwined the North and South were through business, schooling, and friendships. Some of it I knew but not the extent of it. It makes me rethink what I was taught in school.
I am glad I read this. Everyone should including school children. It changed how I saw the North, South, and Civil War.… (más)