Brown plaque dedicated to William and Ellen Craft
Emancipation
A brown plaque hanging above the offices of the Shepherds Bush Housing Group commemorates William and Ellen Craft, in the area of London where the Crafts lived. The Crafts escaped enslavement in the United States, travelling to Britain to avoid recapture following the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. They travelled the country giving lectures, and in 1860 published a narrative of their escape, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom. This plaque was erected in 1995.
Monument type:
Plaque
Artist:
Dedication Date:
Address:
London
United Kingdom
Inscription:
SHEPHERDS BUSH HOUSING ASSOCIATION / WILLIAM and ELLEN CRAFT / Black American former slaves / and campaigners against / slavery / lived in Cambridge Grove / 1857-1867 / CRAFT COURT 1995
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Conception Date:
Opening Date:
1995-01-01
Material:
Ceramic
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m x m x m
Creator:
Shepherds Bush Housing Association
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Erected by:
Shepherds Bush Housing Association
Funded by:
Shepherds Bush Housing Association
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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Data Sources:
“William and Ellen Craft – Cambridge Grove, London, UK.” Waymarking, 2018. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMXGZT_William_and_Ellen_Craft_Cambridge_Grove_London_UK. [accessed 15.01.2024]
“William and Ellen Craft.” Open Plaques. https://openplaques.org/plaques/54810. [accessed 15.01.2024]
Craft, William. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. William Tweedie, 1860.
Tallon, Amber. “Memoirs of a Londoner: The Crafts and their Flight from Slavery.” Rambling London Tours. https://ramblinglondontours.com/2021/10/26/william-and-ellen-craft/. [accessed 15/01/2024]
Shepherds Bush Housing Group [@SBHGLondon]. “Did you know our Craft Court building is named after William and Ellen Craft? The Crafts escaped slavery in the US, fled to England and campaigned against slavery. @EnglishHeritage Read more, tinyurl.com/xyz6hymu #black history month.” Twitter, 7 October 2021, https://twitter.com/SBHGLondon/status/1446041625906630659. [accessed 15/01/2024]
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