THE AMERICAN NEGRO

HIS HISTORY AND LITERATURE






RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM

William and Ellen Craft




RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM
OR, THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT
FROM SLAVERY.



"Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They touch our country, and their shackles fall."

COWPER