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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

Name: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
ISBN: 9781625585325

William Craft, Ellen Craft

Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · 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.

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Authors: William Craft, Ellen Craft
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: December 28, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Theme: The Americas History
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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.