An American Love Story with Ilyon Woo

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Ilyon Woo, author of the new book, Master Slave Husband Wife, a love story between William and Ellen Craft. You may not be familiar with their names, but the Crafts were a determined enslaved couple who made their escape through disguise and performance, and in their success, defied the limitations of gender and race.

Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Ilyon Woo

Executive Producer: Heather Jackson

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Researcher: Valerie Hoback

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0:00.0	As always, today I am chatting with an author that I absolutely love her name is Ilyan Wu
0:11.6	and she's a new book out called Master Slave Husband Wife, an epic journey from slavery
0:18.5	to freedom.
0:19.6	And this is a story, let me tell you.
0:24.0	You are going to have approximately 350 mind blown moments in just the first couple of
0:29.4	chapters.
0:30.4	This is a story that you have very likely never heard before, but you need to.
0:37.8	So let's dive in.
0:40.4	I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.
0:45.7	I am really excited to be chatting with author Ilyan Wu today.
0:50.1	Thank you for being here.
0:51.4	I am thrilled to be here with you.
0:53.7	Thank you for having me.
0:55.1	Truly a pleasure.
0:56.1	I was really excited to see you this morning.
0:57.7	I think people are going to absolutely love this conversation about your new book and
1:03.8	I would love to hear more about Master Slave Husband Wife, an epic journey from slavery
1:12.6	to freedom.
1:13.6	First of all, I love the title.
1:15.2	It's very evocative.
1:17.5	It makes you feel like I want to know more about what is happening in this book.
1:22.1	So give us like a very brief high level synopsis about what this is about.
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