The Greatest Escape From Slavery: Ellen And William Craft

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In the mid 19th century in Macon, Georgia, a man and woman fell in love, married and, as many young couples do, began thinking about starting a family. But Ellen and William Craft were both enslaved and were well aware that any of their future children could be ripped away at any moment and sold as property. So, they devised a bold escape plan. Travel to Thailand with me ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sister podcast the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mystery of Everything⁠⁠⁠⁠ Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge ⁠⁠⁠⁠COFFEE⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠. Submit your relatives on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube Channel⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.4	Yes, actually, today, I am going to be recording this year by myself.
1:20.0	Gabby, unfortunately, does not feel well.
1:22.0	My daughter is also starting to not feel well.
1:23.9	And we are currently at my parents' place down in Florida, which means that we
1:28.2	are kind of often our own room as it is. And even now at the time that I'm trying to record this,
1:32.7	I am trying to not disturb her, which I say that disturb her. Even now in the background,
1:37.3	she is going to be hearing this. If you hear anything that pops up or exclamation of what the
1:42.3	hell, Stephen, yeah, that's because today, as you can probably guess, from the title of this episode,
1:47.4	in the first place, we are going to be talking about slavery.
1:50.6	Though when I say that, we are specifically going to be talking about one of the stories of
1:55.9	American slaves who escaped and made it to freedom.
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