Courage, quick thinking, luck and “our Heavenly Father,” sustained them, the Crafts said in Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, the book they wrote in 1860 chronicling the escape.

and assume to be my master,” William Craft, shown in an 1840s portrait here, said. Fotosearch/Getty Images History did not record when and how Ellen met the man who became her husband ...

On the morning of Dec. 20, 1848, William and Ellen Craft began ... of American freedom," Woo said. "Yet it wasn't considered safe for liberty seekers like the Crafts." Philadelphia had the largest ...

The story of William and Ellen Craft plays more ... of Black History Month. Davis said she and other members of the family learned the story of the Crafts from her grandmother, having it passed ...

Ellen and William Craft are heroic characters in our nation’s history whose narrative has not received the widespread recognition it deserves,” said Big Beach producers Peter Saraf and Daniele ...

Alloy Entertainment and Alloy Features are moving to produce Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, a feature film based on the book by William and Ellen Craft first published in 1860 that tells ...

Dr Hannah-Rose Murray, the historian who proposed the plaque, said: "Ellen and William Craft were courageous and heroic freedom fighters whose daring escape from U.S. chattel slavery involved ...