Contributions

  • John Ernest (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2000-06-01 - Copley Publishing Group

Language

English

Word Count

30,000 words, Guess

Page Count

120 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number43782536
  • Better World BooksO8-CJH-063
  • Better World Books9781583900116
  • Open LibraryOL8791971M

Description

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 witness a first hand account of notions of race, gender and class as they stood in a nineteenth century society which treated them as fixed and defining.

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  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryPaperbackCopley Publishing Group2000-06-01

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