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Gripping history about a slave couple’s escape among Bay Area book fest’s plentiful offerings

Ilyon Woo recalls the visceral reaction she had upon reading the story of two married slaves in the deep South who used their formidable wits and courage to pull off an almost unimaginable escape.   “I just remember being jolted in my chair because I never had encountered any narrative like this before,” says Woo, who is among some […]

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