The Book Prize Index

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo

Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographySlavery & EmancipationFamily BiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora

Award History

1 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2024Co-winnerSecondary source
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2024LonglistOfficial source
Kirkus Prize for NonfictionMajor2023FinalistOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    • Ellen Craft90%
    • William Craft85%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.