William and Ellen Craft and the Fugitive Slave Act — October (?) 1850 newspaper History Geek Advertisements of men to join

Advertisements of men to join the Army and substitute for others as well as those offering to pay for substitutes

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After a brief musical interlude

I think you'll have that same feeling when this clock is hanging in your home

William and Ellen Craft and the Fugitive Slave Act — October (?) 1850 newspaper History Geek Advertisements of men to joinFramed 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.