Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia 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.

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 wit...

First published in 1860, ‘Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom’ chronicles the audacious flight of William and Ellen Craft which is often known as the cleverest plot in fugitive slave history. Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves in Macon, Georgia in the United States. With great daring and courage, they fled to the North in December 1848. Their remarkable escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous fugitive slaves. Abolitionists were featured to gain support in th...

"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a compelling and inspiring narrative written by Ellen Craft and William Craft. The book tells the story of their escape from slavery in Macon, Georgia, in 1848, and their journey to freedom in the North.Ellen Craft was a slave who was light-skinned enough to pass as a white person, while her husband William was a darker-skinned slave. They hatched a daring plan to escape to the North by posing as a wealthy white couple traveling with their servant....

The Crafts, both born into slavery in Georgia, devised a clever plan to escape. Ellen, who was of mixed race and could pass for white, disguised herself as a wealthy, ill man traveling north for medical treatment, while William, her husband, posed as her servant. Their journey required immense courage and ingenuity as they traveled by train and on foot, covering a distance of nearly a thousand miles through hostile territory. The couple faced numerous dangers, including the risk of capture...

"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a compelling narrative that chronicles the remarkable escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery in the pre-Civil War United States. The Crafts, a married couple, ingeniously devise a daring plan where Ellen, who appears white, poses as a young Southern gentleman, while William, her husband, serves as her devoted slave. The book vividly captures the harrowing journey as the couple embarks on a perilous trek from Georgia to Philadelphia, navigat...

First published in 1860, ‘Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom’ chronicles the audacious flight of William and Ellen Craft which is often known as the cleverest plot in fugitive slave history. Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves in Macon, Georgia in the United States. With great daring and courage, they fled to the North in December 1848. Their remarkable escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous fugitive slaves. Abolitionists were featured to gain support in th...

The fascinating and moving memoirs of American slaves, William and Ellen Craft. First published in 1860, this volume gives insight into the life and plight of slaves in the 18th century.Published just before the Civil War, these memoirs are one of the most influential slave narratives. Disguised as a servant and a white male painter, William and Ellen Craft escaped slavery in Georgia, USA, in 1848. They travelled north by rail and river before reaching Philadelphia...

First published in 1860, “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom”, by William and Ellen Craft, is the fascinating true story of their escape from slavery in Georgia. Ellen was born into slavery in 1826 in Clinton, Georgia. As a result of her mother being a mixed-race slave and her father being a wealthy white plantation master, Ellen closely resembled her white half-siblings. William Craft was also born in Georgia and first met Ellen when he was 16 and he was sold to settle his owner’s gambl...

Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Georgia who escaped to the North in 1848. They became famous due to the daring way they made their escape. Ellen, being light skinned, passed herself off as a white male, with William as her servant, allowing them to basically travel openly by train and steamboat. They eventually emigrated to England where they lived for almost 20 years. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom is their biographical account.

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.Originally published in 1860, the Crafts' ac...

This book is not intended as a full history of the life of my wife, nor of myself; but merely as an account of our escape; together with other matter which I hope may be the means of creating in some minds a deeper abhorrence of the sinful and abominable practice of enslaving and brutifying our fellow-creatures.