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跋涉千里寻 自由 TH E A M E R I CA N N E GR O HIS HISTORY AND LITERATURE RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM W illiam an d Ellen Cr aft RU NN IN G A T H O U SA N D MI LE S F OR F RE EDOM OR , T H E E SCA P E O F WI L LI AM A N D E L L EN CRA F T F R OM SL AV ERY . “Slave s cann ot b r ea th e in En glan d : if th eir lun gs R e- ceive ou r air , th at momen t t hey are free ; Th ey t ouch ou r count r y , an d t h eir s hackles fall .” COWPER RU NN IN G A T H OU SA N D M IL E S F OR F RE EDOM PREFACE . H AV IN G h ear d w hile in Slaver y th at“God m ade o f one b lood all nat ion s of men , ”an d also t h at t heA merican Decla- 1 rat ion of In d epen d ence say s , t h at“W e hol d t h ese t ru th s t o b e self - eviden t , t hat all men ar e c reat ed equ al ; t hat t hey are endow e d by t h eir Creat or w it h cer t ain inalienable righ t s ; t hat am on g th ese , are life , libert y , an d t he pu r suit o f h appi- ne ss ; ”w e coul d n o t un d er st and by wh at right w e w ere held Running a Thous and Miles for Freedom as“chat t el s .”Th er efor e , w e felt p er fect ly j u stified in un der - t akin g th e dan gerou s an d excit in g t ask of“runnin g a t hou - san d miles ”in or d er to ob t ain t h ose righ t s w hich are so viv- idly set for th in t h e Declarat ion . I beg t h ose w h o w ould kn ow t he par t icu lar s of ou r j ou r - ney , t o peru se t he se page s . Thi s book is n ot in t en d ed a s a full hist or y of t he life o f my w ife , n or o f my