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Ilyon Woo appears in conversation about her novel Master Slave Husband Wife—winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography—in a historic location with deep significance, The Dock Street Theatre. Woo's book is the true story of Ellen and William Craft who pulled off one of the most dramatic escapes in US history by performing, in broad daylight, as master and slave. In 1848, the couple fled in the early hours of the morning by train from Macon to Savannah, where they boarded a steamship bound for Charleston, South Carolina. In Charleston, they stayed the night at the Planter’s Hotel, which today is the Dock Street Theatre. So, we listen to the couple’s story in the exact building where they were hiding in plain sight 176 years ago.

Master Slave Husband Wife
Recorded November 10, 2024

0:00-6:20 Introduction
6:20-52:57 Conversation
52:57-1:05:07 Audience Q&A