William and Ellen Craft and the Fugitive Slave Act — October (?) 1850 newspaper hardcore riding out in the open

riding out in the open on steamboats

and they of doubtful whereabouts and doubtful existence

Stoke-on-Trent

Size: Approximately 11" x 14"

They circulated widely as pro-patriot propaganda

William and Ellen Craft and the Fugitive Slave Act — October (?) 1850 newspaper hardcore riding out in the openFramed piece of an October (?) 1850 newspaper reporting on the departure of William and Ellen Craft, whose escape from enslavement in the South was ingenious and daring. After Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, the Crafts were some of the most well known individuals who escaped slavery. The Crafts fled the South to escape enslavement and ultimately fled the United States due to the Fugitive Slave Act. The sailed to Halifax and then on to England.