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From Smithsonian magazine: The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft. A married couple, the Crafts escaped from slavery by Ellen's disguising herself as a white man with William posing as his slave for four days as they traveled North. Harrowing!

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[rurounitriv.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a hell of a story! Definitely fits into that "truth stranger than fiction" category.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Isn't that amazing? I found out about them from a comic book I got my daughter.