Re: REF:Fiction book on slavery again

[Allison G Kaplan <akaplan@UDEL.EDU>]

Mary,

This is a true story. The couple were William and Ellen Craft. The
recounting of the event which I have is from _The Underground Railroad :
Life on the Road to Freedom_ edited by Ellen Hansen. Perspectives on
History Series. Lowell, Ma : Discovery Enterprises, 1993.

The story goes that Ellen, who had light colored skin, dressed as a young
plantation owner who had been in an accident. Her husband, William,
pretended to be her servant. They stayed in hotels and rode the train
from Georgia to Philidelphia and to freedom.

Well, there may be other accounts similar to this one. I hope this helps.

Allison G. Kaplan
Coordinator,
School Library Media Specialist Program
College of Education
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2940
(302) 831-1584
akaplan@udel.edu


On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, Mary Simmons wrote:

>  Thanks for all your suggestions.  But my teacher has remembered more about
> this book.  It is about two adults, not children, who are both slaves, she
> looks white, and they are married on a plantation & later escape.  They get
> on a riverboat, she pretends to be his owner, he her slave, and they escape.
> If you folks can figure this out, ya'll are great!! (I know you are anyway.)
>