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

Craft, William; Craft, Ellen; McCaskill, Barbara (INT)

ISBN 10: 0820321044 / ISBN 13: 9780820321042

Published by University of Georgia Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom : The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820321044
• ISBN 13: 9780820321042
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.