Preserving and amplifying the historical legacy of William & Ellen Craft
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NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES | THE CRAFTS
Among the historic sites around country that recognize William and Ellen Craft, are those that the federal government has established and/or certified as a historic landmark. The select sites below follow the route of the Crafts' escape from enslavement in 1848.
On SCAD's campus, sits on the old location of the railroad system that William & Ellen used as part of their escape from enslavement. As depicted in this image, since 2016 this marker has been inlaid on the floor of the SCAD Museum of Art.
Now part of the SCAD Museum of Art, this was known as the Central of Georgia Railroad Gray building, which in 1853 was a depot for the Central of Georgia Railway, the railroad system used by the Crafts used on their quest to freedom. A National Historic Landmark, it's the only pre-Civil War railroad complex that still stands in the country.
William & Ellen bought their tickets here to take a steamer to Wilmington, Delaware on the escape from enslavement.
Now a National Landmark, it's still located at 122 East Bay Street in Charleston.
William & Ellen bought their tickets here to take a steamer to Wilmington, Delaware on the escape from enslavement.
Another train stop William & Ellen Craft made on their way to freedom.
Located in Baltimore, MD, Mt. Clare Station is now not only a National Landmark, but it's certified as a site on "the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom"
Another train stop William & Ellen Craft made on their way to freedom.
William & Ellen Craft lived with the Haydens during their stay in Boston.
This is the U.S. Census Record of Lewis & Harriet Hayden that shows William & Ellen were living there at the Haydens' Beacon Hill home, now a National Landmark.
William & Ellen Craft lived with the Haydens during their stay in Boston.
Ellen hid here from slave catchers in 1850.
Abolitionist George S. Hillard and his wife, hid Ellen at their home--now a national historic site--while the slave catchers were in Boston trying to catch her and William.
Ellen hid here from slave catchers in 1850.