Plaque

Ellen and William Craft - Craft Court

Inscription

William and Ellen Craft, black American former slaves and campaigners against slavery, lived in Cambridge Grove, 1857 - 1867.
Shepherds Bush Housing Association
Craft Court 1995

Site: Ellen and William Craft - Craft Court (1 memorial)

W6, Cambridge Grove, Craft Court, Shepherds Bush Housing Group

See Ellen and William Craft - blue plaque for the other plaque in this road.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Ellen and William Craft - Craft Court

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Ellen Craft

Slavery abolitionist. Born in Clinton, Georgia. She and her husband William w...

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William Craft

Slavery abolitionist. Born in Macon, Georgia. He and his wife Ellen were ensl...

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Ellen and William Craft - Craft Court

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Craft Court

Small apartment block in Cambridge Grove, Hammersmith, named for William and ...

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Shepherds Bush Housing Association

Founded in the late 1960’s by members of St Stephen's Church in Shepherds Bus...

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