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The spectacular 1848 escape of William and Ellen Craft (18241900 18261891) from slavery in Macon, Georgia, is a dramatic story in the annals of American history. Ellen, who could pass for white, disguised herself as a gentleman slaveholder William accompanied her as his masters devoted slave valet both traveled openly by train, steamship, and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day. In Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery Read more