The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts by William Wells Brown
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"The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts" by William Wells Brown is a play written in 1858. This pioneering work of African American dramatic literature tells the story of two enslaved people from different plantations who secretly marry. When the wife catches the dangerous attention of her owner, Dr. Gaines, and his jealous wife seeks deadly revenge, the couple must flee for their lives. Their desperate journey
follows the North Star toward freedom in Canada, with slave hunters in close pursuit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escape;_or,_A_Leap_for_Freedom |
| Credits | Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 93.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | African Americans -- Drama |
| Subject | Political plays |
| Subject | Slavery -- Drama |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- Drama |
| Subject | Abolitionists -- Drama |
| Subject | Slaveholders -- Drama |
| Subject | Missouri -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65519 |
| Release Date | Jun 5, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 388 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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