The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom
by William Wells Brown
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About this eBook
- Author
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
- Title
- The Escape; Or, A Leap For Freedom: A Drama, in Five Acts
- Credits
- Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Missouri -- Drama
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 65519
- Release Date
- June 5, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
- 3.CHARACTERS REPRESENTED.
- 4.THE ESCAPE.
- 5.ACT I. — Scene 1. — A Sitting-Room. — Scene 2. — Doctor’s shop—Cato making pills. — Scene 3. — A Room in the Quarters. — Scene 4. — Dining-Room.
- 6.ACT II. — Scene 1. — Parlor. — Scene 2. — View in front of the Great House. — Scene 3. — Sitting-Room—Table and Rocking-Chair.
- 7.ACT III. — Scene 1. — Sitting-Room. — Scene 2. — The Kitchen—Slaves at Work. — Scene 3. — Sitting-Room—Chairs and Table. — Scene 4. — Forest Scenery. — Scene 5. — Room in a small Cottage on the Poplar Farm.
- 8.ACT IV. — Scene 1. — Interior of a Dungeon—Glen in chains. — Scene 2. — Parlor. — Scene 3. — Forest at Night—Large Tree.
- 9.ACT V. — Scene 1. — Bar-Room in the American Hotel—Travellers Lounging in Chairs, and at the Bar. — Scene 2. — Forest at Night. — Scene 3. — A Street. — Scene 4. — Dining-Room.—Table Spread. — Scene 5. — The Niagara River—A Ferry.
- 10.OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
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