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The Greatest Escape From Slavery: Ellen And William Craft

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History of Everything

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.8691 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 37 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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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.6

Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.

0:07.0

If you love old movies, Hollywood history, or the golden age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.

0:11.9

This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown from another era and fascinating conversations with writer-producer Steve Kubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.

0:21.2

So Steve, did Ava Gardner

0:22.8

and Howard Hughes have a

0:24.4

good relationship? Well, they did

0:26.5

until he dislocated her jaw.

0:28.3

What? Well, don't worry. She hit him back with an ashtray.

0:30.9

From beneath the Hollywood sign is the

0:32.7

gin joint for you.

0:57.0

The... for you....for you. Hello, everyone's talking about. Hello, everyone, I'm Takui here, and welcome back to the History of Everything podcast.

1:18.9

Yes, actually, today, I am going to be recording this year by myself.

1:22.4

Gabby, unfortunately, does not feel well.

1:24.4

My daughter is also starting to not feel well.

1:26.6

And we are currently at my

1:27.9

parents' place down in Florida, which means that we are kind of often our own room as it is.

1:33.3

And even now at the time that I'm trying to record this, I am trying to not disturb her,

1:37.1

which I say that disturb her, even now in the background, she is going to be hearing this.

1:40.8

If you hear anything that pops up or exclamation of what the

1:44.7

hell, Stephen, yeah, that's because today, as you can probably guess from the title of this

1:49.5

episode, in the first place, we are going to be talking about slavery. Though, when I say that,

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