Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Ellen Craft, William And

9780486793481: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery (Thrift Editions)

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ISBN 10: 0486793486 ISBN 13: 9780486793481

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2014

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This compelling narrative offers a firsthand account of a couple's remarkable flight from slavery in the antebellum South. William and Ellen Craft devised a daring plan in which the light-skinned wife disguised herself as a man and the husband posed as her servant. This brief memoir recounts their journey northward in 1848, when they made their way to Philadelphia and later settled in Boston, where they were active in abolitionist circles.<br>Originally published in 1860, the Crafts' account of their escape was an immediate success. Their story offers fascinating insights into issues of race, gender, and class in nineteenth-century America. <br>

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<div>William Craft (1825–1900) and his wife, Ellen (c.1825–91), married in slavery and fled from Georgia to Philadelphia. They settled in Boston, where they became involved in abolitionist activities. Later, the couple sought greater safety in England, where they raised their five children. </div>

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<div></div><p>This compelling narrative offers a firsthand account of a couple's remarkable flight from slavery in the antebellum South. William and Ellen Craft devised a daring plan in which the light-skinned wife disguised herself as a man and the husband posed as her servant. This brief memoir recounts their journey northward in 1848, when they made their way to Philadelphia and later settled in Boston, where they were active in abolitionist circles.<br>Originally published in 1860, the Crafts' account of their escape was an immediate success. Their story offers fascinating insights into issues of race, gender, and class in nineteenth-century America. </p>

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Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0486793486
ISBN 13: 9780486793481
Einband: Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten: 64
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