Running a thousand miles for freedom: or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery
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Title
Running a thousand miles for freedom: or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery
Names
Craft, William (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1860
Place: London
Publisher: W. Tweedie
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-1496
Subjects
Slavery -- United States
Fugitive slaves -- United States
Craft, Ellen
Craft, William
Genres
Notes
Content: Afro-American author.
Content: Preface signed: W. Craft.
Citation/Reference: *ZZ-9434
Physical Description
Microfilms
Extent: iv, 111 p. : port.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12530385
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0365a3b0-003e-0130-b904-58d385a7bc34
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1860
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