Ilyon Woo on MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE

Published: Feb. 29, 2024, 11 a.m.

\u201cI think the question has to do with American memory and what, as a nation, we are prioritizing in that memory\u2026\u201d

Master Slave Husband Wife\xa0by Ilyon Woo blends history and biography with the story of Ellen and William Craft, two remarkable people who escaped slavery, and through danger and constant challenges would become abolitionists and heroes in American history. Woo joins us to talk about her research process, the importance of preserving our past, the ever-changing notion of history and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.\xa0\xa0

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Featured Books (Episode):\xa0

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo\xa0\xa0

The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk\xa0

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr\xa0

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead\xa0

Middlemarch by George Eliot\xa0