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November 2, 2012 09:31 pm PDT
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Amazing slavery escape of Ellen and William Craft
In a 2010 Smithsonian magazine article, Marian Smith Holmes tells the story of Ellen and William Craft, two married enslaved African-Americans who fled Georgia and made their way to Philadelphia in 1848. Ellen disguised herself as a young white man (using bandages and an arm-sling to help cover up her face and limit demands on [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Ax_R-mN7Rzw/amazing-slavery-escape-of-elle.html
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