Ellen Craft stood at the base of the gang plank leading to the steamboat, aware…
Then we don’t sleep. We leave the hotel while it’s still dark. be at the…
Ellen and William boarded separately, as they had done every time before, each moving to…
“For the journey, and this,” she handed Ellen a folded piece of paper. “If anyone…
Other enslaved people heard the story and were inspired to attempt their own escapes. While…
Instead, the Christians began emerging one by one, their faces filled not with hatred or…
Ellen nodded slowly, watching her reflection. Practice the movements. Slower, stiffer, the careful, pained gate…
Pay attention to the man with a fire torch around the building. His name…
They had risked everything on the belief that slavery was wrong and must be resisted.…
Most white folks traveling for health, they bring family or they hire nurses along the…