Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
by William Craft
“To find their freedom, they had to pull off the ultimate masquerade.”
Witness one of the most daring and ingenious escapes in American history as a married couple risks everything on a thousand-mile journey to liberty. By posing as a wealthy white planter and his loyal servant, Ellen and William Craft navigate a gauntlet of danger where a single slip-up means death.
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