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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery - Paperback

by William Craft, Ellen Craft
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Availability:In StockContributor:William Craft, Ellen Craft, Barbara McCaskill (Adapted by)Series:Brown Thrasher BooksPublish date:1999-04-01Pages:152
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820321042ISBN-10:820321044UPC:9780820321042Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Slavery, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:19th Century, AmericanSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCKJNN5B0C

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820321042ISBN-10:820321044UPC:9780820321042Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Slavery, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:19th Century, AmericanSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCKJNN5B0C
William Craft (Author)
WILLIAM CRAFT (1821-1900), with his spouse Ellen Craft (1826-1891), returned to the United States after the Civil War. For the rest of their lives, often at great personal risk, the Crafts worked to improve conditions for African Americans in the South.

Ellen Craft (Author)
ELLEN CRAFT (1826-1891), with her spouse William Craft (1821-1900), returned to the United States after the Civil War. For the rest of their lives, often at great personal risk, the Crafts worked to improve conditions for African Americans in the South.


Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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William Craft, Ellen Craft, Barbara McCaskill (Adapted by)

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William Craft, Ellen Craft

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