Running a Thousand Miles For Freedom - Couverture souple

Craft, William And Ellen

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ISBN 10 : 0557549809 ISBN 13 : 9780557549801

Editeur : Lulu Press, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

In America's darkest days slavery was accepted. More than 4 million Africans were slaves at the height of the slave trade. Wanting the same liberties as their white counterparts, many Africans escaped slavery and made their way to Canada, England, the Caribbean and their home country. This is one of the stories.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Ellen Craft (1826–1891) and William Craft (September 25, 1824 – January 29, 1900) were slaves from Macon, Georgia in the United States 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. Abolitionists featured them in public lectures to gain support in the struggle to end the institution. As the light-skinned mixed-race daughter of a mulatto slave and her white master, Ellen Craft used her appearance to pass as a white man, dressed in appropriate clothing, during their escape.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0557549809
• ISBN 13: 9780557549801
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible