Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Author: William Craft
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0820340804

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In 1848 William and Ellen Craft made one of the most daring and remarkable escapes in the history of slavery in America. With fair-skinned Ellen in the guise of a white male planter and William posing as her servant, the Crafts traveled by rail and ship--in plain sight and relative luxury--from bondage in Macon, Georgia, to freedom first in Philadelphia, then Boston, and ultimately England. This edition of their thrilling story is newly typeset from the original 1860 text. Eleven annotated supplementary readings, drawn from a variety of contemporary sources, help to place the Crafts’ story within the complex cultural currents of transatlantic abolitionism.


Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 151
Authors: William Craft
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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In 1848 William and Ellen Craft made one of the most daring and remarkable escapes in the history of slavery in America. With fair-skinned Ellen in the guise of
Ellen Craft's Escape from Slavery
Language: en
Pages: 52
Authors: Cathy Moore
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-01 - Publisher: Millbrook Press

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In the 1840s, runaway slaves faced many dangers. They were often caught and sometimes killed. Ellen Craft and her husband William knew the risks. And they decid
The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft
Language: en
Pages: 52
Authors: Cathy Moore
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: First Avenue Editions

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Tells of the daring escape of a slave couple in 1848, with the woman, Ellen Croft, posing as a white man, and her husband posing as the man's slave.
5000 Miles to Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 104
Authors: Judith Bloom Fradin
Categories: African Americans
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: National Geographic Kids

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Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued b
The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft
Language: en
Pages: 52
Authors: Cathy Moore
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: Millbrook Press

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Recounts how Ellen Craft and her husband, William, escaped from slavery disguised as "Mr. Johnson," a young white man with his arm in a sling, and his manservan