Themes of the Play

In the play of William Wells Brown, The Escape: or a Leap for Freedom there are many themes. Each of the themes that are displayed throughout the play are all important. Not only is there the theme of racism, which is obvious that there is going to be, just by reading the title of the book (we know that they're will slaves involved, keywords: escape, freedom) but there also themes such as: slavery being present in the North too, not just the South, intermixing of the races (mulatto's), sexual violence under slavery, gender inequality, and slave marriages. This play brings about many topics that are all thrown into one story. Slowly uncovering the personalities of each character which each theme.