1. Georgia Women Of Achievement: 1996 Inductee ELLEN SMITH CRAFT Ellen Smith Craft. 1826 1891 I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent. Ellen Smith Craft, the child of http://www.gawomen.org/honorees/crafte.htm

Ellen Smith Craft “I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent.” Ellen Smith Craft, the child of an African American woman and her white owner, was born into slavery in Clinton, Georgia. Sold, she was taken by a new owner to Macon where she met and married another slave, William Craft. Together, they devised a plan to escape. With Ellen posing as William’s master, they traveled by train to Philadelphia. They moved on to Boston, which was considered safer, but under the Fugitive Slave Act, their Georgia owners pursued them until they fled to England. In 1869, they returned to the South. Despite many hardships, they established a cooperative farm for former slaves and a school in Bryan County for their children. Although the projects failed and the Crafts died in poverty, Ellen is remembered for her belief in the dignity and worth of all human beings and her determination to shape a better future for succeeding generations. Year inducted: 1996 Learn more about Ellen Smith Craft Where to go for more information: Tubman African American Museum Macon Kenneth Coleman and Charles Stephen Gurr, editors

2. Georgia Women Of Achievement: 1996 Inductee ELLEN SMITH CRAFT Ellen Smith Craft 1826 – 1891. Ellen He died one month later. EllenCraft was not content simply to gain her own freedom. Through http://www.gawomen.org/honorees/long/crafte_long.htm

Ellen Smith Craft Ellen Smith Craft is a Georgia woman whose life story reads like a Hollywood script of adventure and courage: an unlikely escape from the shackles of slavery followed by the selfless pursuit of justice despite continuing threats to her own safety and well-being. Ellen and William were allowed to marry in 1846, but they could not live together since they belonged to different owners. They endured this separation for a while but soon began to save money and plan an escape. While their plan seems incredible, it worked. Ellen disguised herself as a white gentleman, placing her arm in a sling to cover her inability to write, and wrapping her head in a bandage to hide her lack of beard. She pretended to be traveling, first-class, to Philadelphia for medical treatment. William went as her slave. After several harrowing encounters, they got to Savannah by train, took a boat to Charleston and then the train again, to Maryland. Once in free territory, they made contact with an Abolitionist group. Ellen stayed with a Quaker family in Philadelphia who nursed her through a serious illness. But for safety they moved on to Boston, the main center of the Abolitionist movement, where they supported themselves through their trades, cabinet-making for William and sewing for Ellen. Both became active in the abolitionist movement and gained fame on the lecture circuit; stories about them were published in The New York Herald, The Boston Globe, and the Georgia Journal and The Macon Telegraph.

3. Ellen Smith Craft Ellen Smith Craft. When she was older, she married William Craft, also a slave.Ellen had to find a way to get out of slavery along with William. http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/craft.htm

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4. William And Ellen Craft Learn more about the William and Ellen Craft.Find all information on William and Ellen Craft at Africanaonline.com Ellen and William Craft. Craft, Ellen and William, name of two African American http://www.africanaonline.com/slavery_ellen_william_craft.htm

Ellen and William Craft Craft, Ellen and William, name of two African American abolitionists who were husband and wife. Ellen Craft (1826-1891) was a light-skinned black who helped her and her husband escape from slavery by passing as white; William Craft (1824-1900) is known for the autobiographical slave narrative that described the couple's dramatic escape. Ellen was born in Clinton, Georgia, to a biracial slave woman and her master and was so light-skinned that she was often mistaken for a member of her father's white family. This infuriated her mistress and, as a result, at age 11 Ellen was given as a wedding gift to a daughter who lived in Macon. There Ellen met William, whom she married in 1846. Two years later, the Crafts began to devise their escape plan, which involved Ellen posing as a white slaveholder traveling with "his" slave William. This plan required several levels of deception. Because a white woman would not travel alone with a male slave, Ellen had to pretend to be not only white but a white man. She cut her hair, changed her walk, and wrapped her jaw in bandages to disguise her lack of a beard. To hide her illiteracy, she wrapped her right arm in a sling to have a ready excuse for being unable to sign papers; and she explained all of the bandages by claiming to be an invalid traveling north to receive medical care. In this manner, the Crafts traveled from Georgia to Pennsylvania by train, steamer, and ferry without being discovered. They arrived in Philadelphia on Christmas Day in 1848.

5. William Craft Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom; Or, The Escape Of William An Running a Thousand Miles fo Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. By William Craft African Americans Biography. Craft, Ellen. Craft, William. Fugitive slaves United States Biography http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/craft/menu.html

William Craft Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. London: William Tweedie, 1860. Full Text (iv, 111 p., ca. 170K) HTML file XML/TEI source file Illustrations Frontispiece Title Page Title Page Verso List of Illustrations Learn More Summary of this title William Wells Brown describes the Crafts' escape, The Liberator , January 12, 1849 ... A report on speeches made by William Wells Brown and William and Ellen Craft, 1849 Subjects African Americans Biography. Craft, Ellen. Craft, William. Fugitive slaves United States Biography. ... Slaves' writings, American. Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. James E. Shepard Memorial Library, North Carolina Central University, provided the text for the electronic publication of this title. Return to North American Slave Narratives Home Page Return to Documenting the American South Home Page Feedback URL: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/craft/menu.html Last update May 28, 2004

6. Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom / William And Ellen Craft. Craft, William. . Running a thousand miles for freedom / William and Ellen Craft. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library Header. Front Matter. Book. Part 1 RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/CraThou.html

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7. Ellen M. CRAFT Obituary Mrs. Ellen M. Craft, 37, wife of Guy Craft of Valley street, McDonald died at 540 after an operation. Mrs. Craft, a daughter of the late Sebastian TRAUTMAN http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/robrun36.htm

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8. New Georgia Encyclopedia William And Ellen Craft (1824-1900; 1826 NGE History and Archaeology Antebellum Era, 18001860 People William and Ellen Craft (1824-1900; 1826-1891). Ellen Craft. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-622

9. Documenting The American South Search Results. 1 title with subject Craft, Ellen. Running a Thousand Miles forFreedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. William Craft. http://docsouth.unc.edu/result.phtml?lcsh=Craft, Ellen.

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13. William And Ellen Craft William and Ellen Craft Page 1 Page 2 Page 3. William and EllenCraft. In January 1849, fugitive slave couple William and Ellen http://www.nps.gov/boaf/william&ellencraft.htm

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Biographies 19th Century History ... Contact Us William and Ellen Craft In January 1849, fugitive slave couple William and Ellen Craft arrived in Boston after traveling over 1000 miles from captivity in Macon, Georgia. Their harrowing escape in which the fair skinned Ellen disguised herself as a White gentleman and the dark-skinned William played the part of her doting slave - illustrates both the power of the Underground Railroad in Boston's antebellum Black community and the power of militant abolitionism in the face of federal pro-slavery legislation. In his 1860 narrative Running A Thousand Miles for Freedom Lewis Hayden , a boarding house that often served as a rendezvous for fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. continued... Page 2 Page 3

14. William And Ellen Craft William and Ellen Craft Page 1 Page 2 Page 3. William and Ellen Craft(continued). In September, 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive http://www.nps.gov/boaf/william&ellencraft2.htm

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Biographies 19th Century History Educational Programs ... Contact Us William and Ellen Craft (continued) In September, 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law , which not only provided for the return of fugitive slaves to their masters in the south, but also mandated the assistance of federal marshals and private citizens in the fugitives' capture. The abolitionists in Boston responded by holding a meeting at the African Meeting House on October 4, 1850, during which they voted to organize a group called the League of Freedom to protest the capture of fugitives. The League of Freedom voted Lewis Hayden president and William Craft vice-president. Ten days later, on October 14, the League of Freedom was absorbed into the Boston Vigilance Committee, designed "to secure the colored inhabitants of Boston from any invasion of their rights." On October 20, 1850, agents Hughes and Knight were sent by the Crafts' former owners to Boston to catch the fugitives. The actions of the abolitionist community, as well as the co-ordinated efforts of African-Americans throughout the Beacon Hill neighborhood, is indicative of the power of nineteenth century Black Bostonians, and their White allies, in the face of institutionalized racist policy. Vigilance Committee member William I. Bowditch transported Ellen Craft to the home of abolitionist Ellis G. Loring in Brookline and then to the home of Rev. Theodore Parker. William Craft remained in the Hayden home on Phillips Street, which

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16. Detailed Record Language English • Genre/Form Biography, Primary school audience • Named PersonEllen Craft; William Craft; William Craft; Ellen Craft • Material Type http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/ed76fc55861b29cea19afeb4da09e526.html

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17. African American Registry: Ellen And William Craft Escape To Freedom The lives of Ellen and William Craft are celebrated on this date. They were two AfricanAmerican abolitionists that were known for William's autobiographical slave narrative describing the William and Ellen Craft's self-liberation is one of the most remarkable escapes ever recorded in a historic http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/286/Ellen__William_Craft_esca

Ellen and William Craft escape to freedom Home What Happened on Your Birthday? Search the Registry by Category ... Contact July 26 The Crafts (in character) The lives of Ellen and William Craft are celebrated on this date. They were two African-American abolitionists that were known for William's autobiographical slave narrative describing the couple's dramatic escape from slavery. William and Ellen Craft's self-liberation is one of the most remarkable escapes ever recorded in a historic slave narrative. Ellen was born in 1826 in Clinton, Georgia, to a biracial slave woman and her white master, and was so light-skinned that she was often mistaken for a member of her father's family. This infuriated her mistress and, as a result, at age 11, Ellen was given as a wedding gift to a daughter who lived in Macon. There she met William, whom she married in 1846. Two years later, the Crafts began to devise their escape plan, which involved Ellen posing as a white slaveholder traveling with "his" slave, William. This required several levels of deception. She cut her hair, changed her walk, and wrapped her jaw in bandages to disguise her lack of a beard. To hide her illiteracy, she wrapped her right arm in a sling to have a ready excuse for being unable to sign papers; and Craft explained all of the bandages by claiming to be an invalid traveling north to receive medical care. In this manner, the Crafts traveled from Georgia to Pennsylvania by train, steamer, and ferry without being discovered.

18. Ellen Craft - Voices From The Gaps Ellen Craft c.1826 c.1897. Ellen Craft was born around 1826 in Clinton,Georgia. Her mother was a slave and her father her mother s owner. http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/authors/CRAFTellen.htm

PROJECT WRITERS CLASSROOM SUBMIT RESOUND OPPORTUNITIES ... by significant dates ELLEN CRAFT c.1826 - c.1897 "So I write these few lines merely to say that the statement is entirely unfounded, for I have never had the slightest inclination whatever of returning to bondage; and God forbid that I should ever be so false to liberty as to prefer slavery in its stead. In fact, since my escape from slavery, I have gotten much better in every respect than I could have possibly anticipated. Though, had it been to the contrary, my feelings in regard to this would have been just the same, for I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent." Anti-Slavery Advocate , December 1852 Click to go to: Biography - Criticism Selected Bibliography Related Links BIOGRAPHY - CRITICISM Many an audience became fascinated with the remarkable story of Ellen Craft as she and her husband William toured the abolitionist lecture circuit in the mid-nineteenth century. Though stories of escape told by former slaves were not uncommon to abolitionist audiences, Ellen's story proved especially intriguing since she courageously passed as both white and male in order to get herself and William to freedom in the North. Ellen Craft was born around 1826 in Clinton, Georgia. Her mother was a slave and her father her mother's owner. As William tells in the published account of their escape

19. African American Registry: Ellen And William Craft Escape To Freedom The lives of Ellen and William Craft are celebrated on this date. Theywere from slavery. Ellen and William Craft escape to freedom. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/286/Ellen_and_William_Craft_e

Ellen and William Craft escape to freedom Home What Happened on Your Birthday? Search the Registry by Category ... Contact July 26 The Crafts (in character) The lives of Ellen and William Craft are celebrated on this date. They were two African-American abolitionists that were known for William's autobiographical slave narrative describing the couple's dramatic escape from slavery. William and Ellen Craft's self-liberation is one of the most remarkable escapes ever recorded in a historic slave narrative. Ellen was born in 1826 in Clinton, Georgia, to a biracial slave woman and her white master, and was so light-skinned that she was often mistaken for a member of her father's family. This infuriated her mistress and, as a result, at age 11, Ellen was given as a wedding gift to a daughter who lived in Macon. There she met William, whom she married in 1846. Two years later, the Crafts began to devise their escape plan, which involved Ellen posing as a white slaveholder traveling with "his" slave, William. This required several levels of deception. She cut her hair, changed her walk, and wrapped her jaw in bandages to disguise her lack of a beard. To hide her illiteracy, she wrapped her right arm in a sling to have a ready excuse for being unable to sign papers; and Craft explained all of the bandages by claiming to be an invalid traveling north to receive medical care. In this manner, the Crafts traveled from Georgia to Pennsylvania by train, steamer, and ferry without being discovered.

20. Docsouth.dsi.internet2.edu/result.phtml?lcsh=Craft,%20Ellen. Clive Soley MP William and Ellen Craft Saturday, January 31, 2004. William and Ellen Craft. William and Ellen weretwo slaves who fled to Britain from the US in the mid 19th. Century. http://docsouth.dsi.internet2.edu/result.phtml?lcsh=Craft, Ellen.

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