01956cam a22003853u 4500 65519 UtSlPG 20260610134519.0 m cr n 260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2021 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escape;_or,_A_Leap_for_Freedom Release date is 2021-06-05 Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "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.) Original publication data not identified African Americans -- Drama Political plays Slavery -- Drama Enslaved persons -- Drama Abolitionists -- Drama Slaveholders -- Drama Missouri -- Drama https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65519 106342 106342