Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - The Escape of William and Ellen Craft From Slavery

Informationen zum Autor William Craft (Author) > Ellen Craft (Author) > Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In 1848 William and Ellen Craft made one of the most daring escapes in the history of slavery. This edition of their story includes 11 annotated supplementary readings! drawn from contemporary sources! to help place the Crafts' story within the cultural currents of transatlantic abolitionism.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ellen Craft, William Craft, William Craft Craft
• Mitarbeit: Barbara McCaskill (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: The University of Georgia Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.1999
• EAN: 9780820321042
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2104-2
• Seiten: 144
• Serien: Brown Thrasher Books; Brown Thrasher Books
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Menschenhandel, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, History - U.S., SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century