![]() My editor sent me six pages of commentary. I had discovered more in the archives than I ever thought possible and this moment, years before William’s own journey of self-emancipation with Ellen, to me, seemed the best place to begin. My breath still catches when I think about the first time I received comments back from my editor on an initial draft of the first chapters of my book, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom.Įllen and William Craft escaped slavery in audacious disguise: Ellen impersonated a wealthy white disabled man, or “master,” while her husband William acted the part of her “slave.” I had opened the book with I thought was the emotional epicenter of the story: the moment when William loses his younger sister, as she is sold away from him on an auction block. ![]()
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