For the rest of the journey to Wilmington, Ellen remained motionless, barely breathing, hyper aware…
The story of Ellen and William Craft did not end with their deaths. In many…
A thousand-mile escape through the heart of the slaveolding south, traveling openly in broad daylight…
This is the story of a woman who lost her past in order to build…
The woman looked up, momentarily thrown off balance by the interruption. “Oh, I’m terribly sorry,…
They saw that the end of slavery did not mean the end of oppression. But…
California, summer of 1989. A young mother kissed her own mother goodbye, buckled two babies…
Every step felt like walking on a tightroppe stretched above a chasm. At the station,…
They spoke about agency, about the careful planning that went into their escape, about the…
Ellen had been deliberately kept from learning to read or write, a common practice designed…