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

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

William Craft, Ellen Craft

152 pages first pub 1860 (editions)

nonfiction historical history memoir emotional fast-paced
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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 an...

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