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

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.

Author: William Craft, Ellen Craft
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 04/01/1999
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780820321042

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.