ISBN:
9781107324961
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (iv, 111 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Slavery and abolition
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5670922758
Keywords:
Craft, William
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Craft, Ellen
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Sklaverei
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Slavery / Georgia / Biography
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Fugitive slaves / United States / Biography
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Slavery / United States / Biography
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USA
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Biografie
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Biografie
Abstract:
In this short work of 1860, William Craft (c.1825–1900), assisted by his wife Ellen (c.1825–91), recounts the remarkable story of how they escaped from slavery in America. Having married as slaves in Georgia, yet unwilling to raise a family in servitude, the couple came up with a plan to disguise the light-skinned Ellen as a man, with William acting as her slave, and to travel to the north in late 1848. This compelling narrative traces their successful journey to Philadelphia and their subsequent move to Boston, where they became involved in abolitionist activities. Later, the couple sought greater safety in England, where they lived for a number of years and had five children. A success upon its first appearance, the book touches on the themes of race, gender and class in mid-nineteenth-century America, offering modern readers a first-hand account of how barriers to freedom could be overcome
Note:
Facsimile reprint. Originally published: London : William Tweedie, 1860. - Inscribed to William Lloyd Garrison Esq. with William & Ellen Craft's sincere thanks for his indefatigable labours in the cause of freedom. Hammersmith London June 27th 1860. - Portrait of Ellen Craft engraved by S.A. Schoff after Hale's dag
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107324961
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