Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · December 28, 2012
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.
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- Who it’s for
- An audacious journey north makes this account a striking window onto slavery and escape.
- Genres
- Black & African American Lives, Slavery Studies, 19th-Century America
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 28, 2012
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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. She posed as a white male planter and he as her personal servant. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves.
Escape in Plain Sight
An audacious journey north makes this account a striking window onto slavery and escape.
Come here for
- An escape carried out openly by train and steamboat
- A glimpse of fugitive life in 1848
Expect
- A real-life escape that drew wide public attention
- A journey ending in Philadelphia on Christmas Day
Where it sits
| Black & African American Lives | 76% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century America | 41% |
| Slavery Studies | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Americas History
- Authors
- William Craft, Ellen Craft
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- The Americas History