Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
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Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
Susan early on your latest book is an epic journey from slave to freedom. What makes their story particularly compelling to you. Ilyon woo i cant even begin to say what does not make it compelling for me i am obsessed with the story and have been for a really long time. I think what originally drew me to it was the phenomenal adventure story and their narrative, running 1000 miles to freedom which they published in 1860. It talks about this incredible escape they make. They are husband and wife enslaved in makem george at jaya georgia and they decide they are going to for freedom not with any underground railroad which does not reach south where they are, not by hiding and traveling by night. But they go out in the full light of day, disguised as master and slave with william playing the role of the slave. That story grip me from the beginning. In their time how well were they . Ilyon woo they were quite wellknown known actually there is a quotation from Wendell Phillips who is a celeb
Immigrants are starting to m it to. For the gold rush, and working on the railroads and mines and such. So our population is exploding and changing. At a dramatic rate. Susan do you know approximately how many enslaved persons were in the United States at the time . Ilyon woo thats another good question, i am not on top of the figures. Susan i wrote down, about 3 million. That is one of your historical figures referenced. We will use that number from your book. You also tell readers that we think about the fugitive slave law is something that came out of the compromise of 1850, but you remind your readers that George Washington actually signed fugitive slave legislation so it had been enforced since the very founding of the country. What did that early legislation mean for enslaved people, what did it do to their lives . Ilyon woo both the fugitive slave law, the 18th century fugitive slave law and a clause in the constitution itself, made it possible for, or legalized enslavers rights