Interesting fact: In 1848, two slaves, Ellen and William Craft escaped slavery by traveling openly from Macon, Georgia to Boston.

Interesting fact: In 1848, two slaves, Ellen and William Craft escaped slavery by traveling openly from Macon, Georgia to Boston. Ellen, who was light-skinned, dressed as a man with a sling to hide the fact that she could not write and passed as William's slave owner. Eventually, they fled to Liverpool, England.
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