Running a thousand miles for freedom : the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery / by William Craft and Ellen Craft ; introduction by Barbara McCaskill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craft, William.

Contributor:

Craft, Ellen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.

Fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves--England--Biography.

Enslaved persons--Georgia--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons' writings, American.

Craft, William.

Craft, Ellen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom""; ""Preface""; ""Part I""; ""Part II""; ""Supplementary Readings""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading""

Notes:

Originally published: London : William Tweedie, 1860. With supplemental materials.

"Brown Thrasher books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-112).

ISBN:

9786613110541

9781283110549

1283110547

9780820340807

0820340804

OCLC:

714811883