Six men standing in front of a wooden building flanked by two horse carts with men in them.

William Ivens Craft and the Transatlantic Victorian World

  • Developers: Hope McCaffrey (Penn State)
  • Adrian Wisnicki (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  • Editions: First Edition (2026) | Testing Version (2024)
Group of people standing in front of a house with a fence, with men on ladders and a baby in a pram.

Project Introduction
Bird's eye view of street, buildings on both sides, people and horse-drawn carriages in the street.

Contributors & Collaborators
Newspaper sketch of a market scene with men and women with carts going about their business.

William and Ellen Craft’s Journey
A sketch of a large country home with a field and trees in front of it.

Across the Atlantic for Freedom and Family
A group of people gather around a table as a soldier reads a large piece of paper by torchlight.

New Dreams for an Old Home
Two men sitting outside a log cabin with a woman standing in the doorway.

The Crafts in the Reconstruction-Era American South
Group of men and women standing on a lawn in front of large stone building.

William Ivens Craft Goes to Washington
Group of men standing in a single line sorting mail inside a train car.

Losing and Finding William Ivens Craft
1884 receipt for two pounds, signed by William Ivens Craft.

William Ivens Craft Returns to England
Men atop a stage coach omnibus, with horses and a driver standing in back.

Transatlantic Anti-Blackness
Street sign that reads ‘Charlotte Street‘ on a brick building with a street lamp.

Growing Roots in England
A sketch of a church with a large steeple topped with a clock.

Looking for Louisa Lejeune Craft
Six men standing in front of a wooden building flanked by two horse carts with men in them.

New Family and New Loss
City street with set of two-story row houses.

A Tightly-Knit Transatlantic Family
Betty Trussler holding a framed photo of her grandfather, William A. Craft.

Craft Legacies Across Oceans and Time
A stack of books with titles related to this project's bibliography.

Bibliography