I found all of these stories, and a few other on:
https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-daring-slave-escapes
Saturday, April 21, 2018
The story of William and Ellen Craft
The two slaves were a married coulpe, however were kept in diffrent planations under diffrent masters. In order to escape, Ellen, whom was light-skinned, cut her heir short and dressed as a man and wrapped her head and arm in bandages in order to appear as an injured white man. William acted as "her loyal black manservant."The two boarded a train headed north in their disguises. The plan was faulty from the start, Ellen sat next to a close friend of her mstaer's, luckily she was not recignized. The two traveld all around the south. Ellen could not read nor write however since she had her arm in the sling, it prvented her form having to write. The two eventually made it to Boston, but fearing the notion of slave-hunter, the two set sail for England.
I found all of these stories, and a few other on:
https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-daring-slave-escapes
I found all of these stories, and a few other on:
https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/5-daring-slave-escapes
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I presented on the story of the Crafts in class a few days ago. I think it's so great that we were able to research slave escape stories for part of our research because the stories are extremely interesting and allow for a different perspective. This story is probably one of the most famous, if not the most famous, slave escape story. It's also always nice to learn about what former slaves are able to accomplish. Many of the former slaves I researched became scholars, religious figures, or educated members of their societies. In fact, the Crafts learned to read and write after they were freed and even wrote personal accounts of their journey.
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