CSPAN2 Book TV February 15, 2014
Take it. We get this portrait of ellen, and also william, who is supportive of her as a couple who were in love. They wanted they wanted a normal life. They wanted the same kind of life that you and i have. But they were denied that because of the laws of the slavery. That generated just a desire, unquenchable thirst to leave and get out of the state of georgia and the south. 1848, they decided they were going to leave. They planned the trip for four days, and they took off at night, they left, and they went to savannah and from savannah they caught a ship. Sailed to charleston, south carolina...