主人奴隶丈夫妻子 纽约时报年度好书 Ilyon Woo 英文原版 Master Slave Husband Wife

基本信息

• 出版社 ? : ? Simon & Schuster (2024年 1月 16日)
• 语言 ? : ? 英语
• 平装 ? : ? 432页
• ISBN-10 ? : ? 1501191063
• ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1501191060
• 商品重量 ? : ? 413 g
• 尺寸 ? : ? 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容介绍

《纽约时报》2023 年 10 本*佳图书之一

纽约时报》畅销书

被《纽约客》、《时代》、NPR、《史密森尼杂志》和《奥普拉日报》评为 2023 年*佳图书

埃伦和威廉-克拉夫特通过大胆、果断和伪装逃离奴隶制的非凡真实故事。埃伦假扮成一个富有、残疾的白人男子，而威廉则假扮成 "他的 "奴隶。

1848 年是国际民主起义年，一对年轻的奴隶夫妇埃伦和威廉-克拉夫特完成了美国历史上*大胆的自我解放壮举之一。

他们假扮主人和奴隶，以夫妻之爱为支撑，一起逃亡了 1000 多英里，在露天乘坐汽船、马车和火车，从佐治亚州的奴役地逃往北方的自由州。

一路上，他们躲避奴隶贩子、军官，甚至可能暴露他们真实身份的奴役者的朋友。他们的冒险故事很快让他们成了名人，成为全国的头条新闻。

美国人对这对充满魅力的年轻夫妇爱不释手，他们又在新英格兰纵横跋涉了 1000 英里，

当他们与当时*伟大的废奴主义者--其中包括弗雷德里克-道格拉斯和威廉-威尔斯-布朗--一起演讲时，引来了雷鸣般的掌声。

但即便如此，他们也没有摆脱危险。1850 年通过了臭名昭著的新的《逃亡奴隶法》，所有美国人都有责任将像克拉夫特夫妇这样的难民送回奴隶制。

随后，另一场冒险开始了，奴隶猎人从佐治亚州赶来，迫使克拉夫特一家再次逃亡--这一次是逃离美国，他们的生命和成千上万人的生命岌岌可危，风险空前高涨。

《奴隶主-丈夫-妻子》将三段史诗般的旅程浓缩为一次不朽的自由之旅，是一个美国式的爱情故事--它将挑战国家的核心理念，即所有人的生命、自由和正义--甚至现在也在挑战着我们。

One of The New York Times’s10 Best Books of 2023
New York Times Bestseller
Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, and Oprah Daily

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 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history. Posing as master and slave, while sustained by their love as husband and wife, they made their escape together across more than 1,000 miles, riding out in the open on steamboats, carriages, and trains that took them from bondage in Georgia to the free states of the North.

Along the way, they dodged slave traders, military officers, and even friends of their enslavers, who might have revealed their true identities. The tale of their adventure soon made them celebrities, and generated headlines around the country. Americans could not get enough of this charismatic young couple, who traveled another 1,000 miles criss-crossing New England, drawing thunderous applause as they spoke alongside some of the greatest abolitionist luminaries of the day—among them Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown.

But even then, they were not out of danger. With the passage of an infamous new Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, all Americans became accountable for returning refugees like the Crafts to slavery. Then yet another adventure began, as slave hunters came up from Georgia, forcing the Crafts to flee once again—this time from the United States, their lives and thousands more on the line and the stakes never higher.

With three epic journeys compressed into one monumental bid for freedom, Master Slave Husband Wife is an American love story—one that would challenge the nation’s core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all—one that challenges us even now.