Timeline
Lifetime:
1824 -
1900
Passed: ≈
124 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
William Craft
Books by William Craft
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Adventure
History
Memoir
Non-Fiction
Biography
19th century
Slavery
Escape
Courage
Disguise
Freedom
Racism
Identity
Resilience
Civil Rights
Underground Railroad
Antebellum South
Ellen Craft's "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a gripping firsthand account of a daring escape from slavery. In 1848, Ellen and her husband William, a skilled craftsman, devised a daring plan to flee their oppressive reality. Ellen, a woman...