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The Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom – Incredible Escape of William & Ellen Craft from Slavery: A True and Thrilling Tale of Deceit, Intrigue and Breakout from the Notorious Southern Slavery - Couverture souple

Craft, William; Craft, Ellen

 
9788026891321: The Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom – Incredible Escape of William & Ellen Craft from Slavery: A True and Thrilling Tale of Deceit, Intrigue and Breakout from the Notorious Southern Slavery
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ISBN 10 : 8026891325 ISBN 13 : 9788026891321
Editeur : e-artnow, 2019

Synopsis

"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" chronicles the daring escape of William and Ellen Craft which is often known as the most ingenious plot in fugitive slave history. While Ellen posed as a white male planter William, her husband, posed as her personal servant. The couple cleverly travelled by train and steamboat, escaped nail-biting detection and arrived in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Excerpt: "It is a common practice in the slave States for ladies, when angry with their maids, to send them to the calybuce sugar-house, or to some other place established for the purpose of punishing slaves, and have them severely flogged; and I am sorry it is a fact, that the villains to whom those defenceless creatures are sent, not only flog them as they are ordered, but frequently compel them to submit to the greatest indignity." William Craft (1824–1900) and Ellen Craft (1826–1891) were slaves from Macon, Georgia in the United States who escaped to the North in December 1848. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves in America. But due to the controversial Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 they had to immigrate to Britain for safety where they continued to garner support for the abolishment of slavery.

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"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" chronicles the daring escape of William and Ellen Craft which is often known as the most ingenious plot in fugitive slave history. While Ellen posed as a white male planter William, her husband, posed as her personal servant. The couple cleverly travelled by train and steamboat, escaped nail-biting detection and arrived in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Excerpt: "It is a common practice in the slave States for ladies, when angry with their maids, to send them to the calybuce sugar-house, or to some other place established for the purpose of punishing slaves, and have them severely flogged; and I am sorry it is a fact, that the villains to whom those defenceless creatures are sent, not only flog them as they are ordered, but frequently compel them to submit to the greatest indignity." William Craft (1824–1900) and Ellen Craft (1826–1891) were slaves from Macon, Georgia in the United States who escaped to the North in December 1848. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves in America. But due to the controversial Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 they had to immigrate to Britain for safety where they continued to garner support for the abolishment of slavery.

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Éditeur
e-artnow
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8026891325
ISBN 13 
9788026891321
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
64
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9780820321042: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0820321044 ISBN 13 :  9780820321042
Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 1999
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