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Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Relates the lives of Ellen and William Craft, who risked their lives to flee their lives as slaves in the South, journey endless miles away from their home, and work to end slavery when they reached their safe destination in the North.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.
In December 1848, a young enslaved couple named Ellen and William Craft traveled openly by rail, coach and steamship from Macon, Georgia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ellen, who passed for white, disguised herself as a wealthy disabled...