William and Ellen Craft escape the history of slavery
The escape of William and Ellen Craft (1824-1900 (1826-1891) from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. Ellen, who could pass as white, disguised herself as a gentleman- slave owner, William accompanied her as the devoted slave servant of his 'master', both traveled openly The subject of Mojisola Adebayo's one-woman performance, Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey is Ellen Craft, an ex-slave whose escape from. the slaveholding state of Georgia to England in the 1950s is told in the escape story Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft, Download 3-7- A Thousand Miles for Freedom By: William Craft and Ellen Craft Beginning in the most important slave state of Georgia, “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” describes the adventure and eventual escape from slavery of William Kraft and his wife Ellen Craft. Ten years later they published the story of their self-liberation, entitled Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. This book provides a first-hand account of the Crafts, their escape to freedom and their attempted capture in Boston, followed by their journey to England.