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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom [EPUB ebook]

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Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. She posed as a white male planter and he as her personal servant. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 62 ● ISBN 9781633841604 ● Mărime fișier 0.1 MB ● Editura Wilder Publications, Inc. ● Publicat 2014 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 3296028 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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