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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
By discussing such events as the 1878 court case that placed William's character and reputation on trial, this book also invites readers to reconsider the Crafts' triumphal story as one that is messy, unresolved, and bittersweet.
89-91 Emily DeCosta , Mrs. Bernice Craft DeCosta Davis , Gail DeCosta , Julia DeCosta Hodges , and Shane Aldridge told us about their ancestors , EC and WC , in 2004 . NEWSPAPERS Federal Union ( of Milledgeville , Georgia ) : November 5 ...
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
This carefully crafted ebook: "Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom – Incredible Escape of William & Ellen Craft from Slavery" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom is a fast-paced, suspenseful account of their incredible journey.
Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.
In this short work of 1860, William Craft (c.1825-1900), assisted by his wife Ellen (c.1825-91), recounts the remarkable story of how they escaped from slavery in America.
William Craft says of the classic slavery memoir, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom-Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery, "This book is not intended as a full history of the life of my wife, nor of myself; but merely as ...
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