Boy Runaway

William Henry Singleton was born into slavery in 1843 in New Bern, North Carolina, and ran away from his master several times. When he was only six or seven years old, he ran all the way from Atlanta to the North Carolina plantation where his mother lived. Singleton also resisted slavery by pretending to be ignorant, by hiding, and by assisting and serving in the Union Army.
The accompanying EDSITEment lesson plan is here: edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan...
Brief biography: edsitement.neh.gov/sites/edsit...
The story of Singleton can also be found at Crafting Freedom: www.craftingfreedom.org/single...