story, running a thousand miles, the the emotional heart of the story began with a childhood of, william and ellen craft. and particular. i was drawn to the story of william craft. so he names a mr. craft as being as an enslaver and he tells us a little bit of the background of how how he came into macon and how he launched on this journey. and where it began was with this mr. craft. essentially gambling on cotton and wagering the lives his loved ones. this man, as he tells, ends up selling his william's parents. and then one by one, each of siblings. and he and younger sister are the last ones to go. so there's a very powerful and painful moment that they recount in their story about when william craft is this auction block and he watches his sister be sold. this is the last member of his family to be sold from mr. craft. and i wanted to honor him by starting with this moment. so started with this warm june day when he, a teenage boy of six years old, standing on this auction block, watching as a sister who has just been sold, has been is being driven away and knows that he's never going to see h

by saying that all of your stories have transformed the way i continue to learn the story of william and ellen craft. i was just thinking, dr. williams, reading your book, i mean, the crafts, there are many layers to the story. but, they eventually leave the story then come back and start a farming and educational cooperative in south carolina. then they are attacked by knight riders. it's an event we don't know much about. but, reading your book opened it up. you were bearing such witness that i felt like i could revisit that space in a new way. but, i wanted to invite you all to join me back again in macon, that moment in the courthouse when i was looking at to that deed talking about family. we have already talked about -- i mentioned how james smith his idea of family definitely was warped. where he is giving one family member to another family member. the other thing really troubling about the document for me is that it is a document that not only condemned ellen craft to bondage by her sister, but, it was in perpetuity. so, the language for this is not only would ellen belong to her half

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