Essays on 5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft's Flight from Slavery

“5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft’s Flight from Slavery” by Ellen Craft and William Craft is a true story about a married couple who escaped from slavery in Georgia by disguising themselves as a white man and his slave. Ellen Craft was a light-skinned woman who passed as a white man, while her husband, William, posed as her slave. The couple traveled by train and boat to Philadelphia, where they were helped by abolitionists. They eventually made their way to England, where they wrote a book about their escape.