Author : Cathy Moore
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0876147872
Tells of the daring escape of a slave couple in 1848, with the woman, Ellen Croft, posing as a white man, and her husband posing as the man's slave.
Author : William Craft
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0820340804
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.
Author : Cathy Moore
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 087614105X
On December 21, 1848, Ellen Craft and her husband, William, slipped out into the cold, dark night and took their first steps towards freedom. They were runaway slaves. Posing as a white man traveling with a slave, Ellen courageously boarded a train bound for Philadelphia. Could they actually make it a thousand miles without being discovered? As each tension-filled day passed and freedom got closer, Ellen and William risked everything - even death - to be free.
Author : Cathy Moore
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761366733
In the 1840s, runaway slaves faced many dangers. They were often caught and sometimes killed. Ellen Craft and her husband William knew the risks. And they decided to take a chance. Ellen and William had a daring plan to escape from slavery. Posing as a white man, Ellen hoped to travel north as William's slave master. But the two had many states to cross. Would they reach freedom? Or would someone see through Ellen's disguise? In the back of this book, you'll find a script and instructions for putting on a reader's theater performance of this adventure. Download additional copies of the script plus sound effects, background images, and more ideas that will help make your reader's theater performance a success through Lerner eSource.
Author : Doug Peterson
Publisher : Center Point
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,67 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628998283
"Based on the true story of Ellen Craft, a light-skinned slave who escaped from Georgia in 1848. By posing as an ailing white man while her husband pretended to be her slave, Ellen and William Craft traveled over one thousand to freedom"--
Author : Walter A. Schulz
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0876145683
On a windy day in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903, the Wright brothers attempt to make history as they prepare the "Flyer" for the world's first engine-powered flight.
Author : Hannah Crafts
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0759527644
Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.
Author : Eileen Lucas
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1430129913
The memorable and courageous story of nine teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 who helped "crack the wall" of segregation is clearly presented in this inspiring story.
Author : Henry Box Brown
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 1851
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
The life of a slave in Virginia and his escape to Philadelphia.
Author : John Brown
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Slavery
ISBN :
