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William "Box" Peel Jones' Escape From Slavery - Primary Narrative and Frederick Douglass' Complaint
William "Box" Peel Jones was an enslaved African American who...
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Clarissa Davis & Woman Escaping in a Box - No Happy Slaves and Two Great Escapes
Slaveholders in the United States frequently claimed that Blacks were 'happy'...
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Wallace Turnage - The Slave Who Freed Himself
Many enslaved African Americans in the United States escaped bondage with the help of the Underground Railroad...
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Anna Maria Weems - The Girl Who Became a Boy to Escape Slavery
Anna Maria Weems (circa 1840 to circa 1863) was an enslaved African American woman in Rockville...
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Slave Hunters in Boston - The Failed Attempt to Capture Ellen & William Craft
In 1848, Ellen and William Craft escaped from slavery in Georgia by Ellen posing...
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Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup (circa 1807/1808 to circa 1857/1864) was a free-born African American living in New York State when...
