I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent. — Ellen Craft (image via Wikimedia Commons) Ellen and her husband William escaped from slavery in 1848 -- not via the Underground Railroad, but by traveling openly on train and steamboat, all the way from Macon, Ga. to Philadelphia.
A Woman to Know: Ellen Craft
A Woman to Know: Ellen Craft
A Woman to Know: Ellen Craft
I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent. — Ellen Craft (image via Wikimedia Commons) Ellen and her husband William escaped from slavery in 1848 -- not via the Underground Railroad, but by traveling openly on train and steamboat, all the way from Macon, Ga. to Philadelphia.