Running a thousand miles for freedom
or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.
by William Craft and Ellen Craft
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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom details the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery in Georgia in the United States. Well publicized at the time, the married couple became celebrities in the abolitionist struggle. Their daring and risky plan meant passing the light-skinned Ellen off as a white male traveling with 'his' slave, William, as no woman would have traveled alone with a slave at the time. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom gives a unique historical opportunity to witness a first hand account of notions of race, gender and class as they stood in a nineteenth century society which treated them as fixed and defining.
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African americans, biography, Fugitive slaves, united states, Enslaved persons' writings, Fugitive slaves, Nonfiction, Slaves, Biography & Autobiography, Slaves' writings, American, Biography, Esclaves fugitifs, Escapes, Georgia, biography, Slaves' writings, Slavery, Esclavage, Biographies, African Americans, HistoryPeople
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Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources,inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 12717)
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| December 2, 2025 | Edited by bitnapper | Merge works (MRID: 255804) |
| August 17, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format '[microform] :' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work) |
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