Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery: With an Introductory Chapter by Frederick Douglass by William Craft

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery: With an Introductory Chapter by Frederick Douglass

William Craft

98 pages • first pub 1860 (editions)

nonfiction historical history memoir emotional fast-paced
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William Craft (1824-1900) and Ellen Craft (1826-1891) were American slaves from Georgia who managed to escape to the North in 1848. Disguised as a white male painter (Ellen Craft) and servant (William Craft), they travelled openly by rail and rive...

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