Running A Thousand Miles From Freedom: The Victimization Of Women In Slavery

Part I of Essay
Ellen Craft was born to Maria, a slave and her owner, Major James Smith, in Clinton, Georgia. At a young age, Ellen was separated from her mother (Craft 2). In Running a Thousand Miles from Freedom, William Craft states “that the mere thought of her (Ellen) ever becoming t ....

Part II of Essay
.... They felt that her smooth skin wouldn’t look very convincing. She also had her arm in a cast, so that they could use the alibi that the master (Ellen) was traveling to Philadelphia for medical reasons. They traveled through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland before they reached Philadelphia on Christmas day. At one point while traveling, Ellen was seated next to a friend of her owner, who knew her from childhood. To avoid him, she looked out of the window and played deaf (Craft 43). Even though Running a Th ....