Ellen Crafts Escape From Slavery

Download or read book Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom written by William Craft and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1848 William and Ellen Craft made one of the most daring and remarkable escapes in the history of slavery in America. With fair-skinned Ellen in the guise of a white male planter and William posing as her servant, the Crafts traveled by rail and ship--in plain sight and relative luxury--from bondage in Macon, Georgia, to freedom first in Philadelphia, then Boston, and ultimately England. This edition of their thrilling story is newly typeset from the original 1860 text. Eleven annotated supplementary readings, drawn from a variety of contemporary sources, help to place the Crafts’ story within the complex cultural currents of transatlantic abolitionism.

Download or read book Ellen Craft's Escape from Slavery written by Cathy Moore and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s, runaway slaves faced many dangers. They were often caught and sometimes killed. Ellen Craft and her husband William knew the risks. And they decided to take a chance. Ellen and William had a daring plan to escape from slavery. Posing as a white man, Ellen hoped to travel north as William's slave master. But the two had many states to cross. Would they reach freedom? Or would someone see through Ellen's disguise? In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure. Download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader's theater performance a success through Lerner eSource.

Download or read book 5000 Miles to Freedom written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued by slave hunters, and finally 5000 miles across the ocean to England, where they were able to settle peacefully.

Download or read book Two Tickets to Freedom written by D. Freedman and published by . This book was released on 1989-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the search for freedom by a black man and wife who traveled to Boston and eventually to England after their escape from slavery in Georgia.

Download or read book The Brave Escape of Ellen and William Craft written by Donald B. Lemke and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the story of Ellen and William Craft's daring escape in 1848 from slavery in Georgia to freedom in Pennsylvania.

Download or read book The Bondwoman's Narrative written by Hannah Crafts and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2002-04-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.

Download or read book Slave Life in Georgia written by John Brown and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: