| Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery Revised Edition Contributor(s): Craft, William (Author), Craft, Ellen (Author), McCaskill, Barbara (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 0820321044 ISBN-13: 9780820321042 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98041981 |
| Series: Brown Thrasher Books |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.45 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Craft, William: - 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.Craft, Ellen: - 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. |