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The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom is a play written by African American abolitionist William Wells Brown. Williams Wells Brown would tour and give readings of his play at anti-Slavery rallies, lyceum lectures, and political events. [1] In 1856, he read his unpublished play "Experience; or, How to Give the Northern Man a Backbone."
Most scholars agree that Brown is the first published African-American playwright. Brown wrote two plays after his return to the US: Experience; or, How to Give a Northern Man a Backbone (1856, unpublished and no longer extant) and The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom (1858). He read the latter aloud at abolitionist meetings in lieu of the ...
West German photographer Peter Leibing photographed Schumann's escape. The photograph, entitled Leap into Freedom, quickly became an iconic image of the Cold War and was featured at the beginning of the 1982 Disney film Night Crossing.
The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom; J. Jefferson's Garden; Joe Turner's Come and Gone; O. The Octoroon; S. Slave Play This page was last edited on 20 June 2023 ...
First published play by an African-American: The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom by William Wells Brown [43] First African-American woman college instructor: Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Wilberforce College [44] First African-American woman to graduate from a medical course of study at an American university: Sarah Mapps Douglass
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Wallace Turnage (c. 1846 – 1916) [1] was an enslaved African American who recounted his story of repeatedly trying to escape brutal slaveowners before escaping to Union Army lines. He moved to New York City with his family and lived in economic poverty.