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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
William Craft, Ellen Craft
Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · December 28, 2012
Reading lane: The Americas History
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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- William Craft, Ellen Craft
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- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
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- The Americas History
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- 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.
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