Person · 1826–1891
Ellen Craft
Posed as a white enslaver to escape slavery with her husband in 1848.
A self-liberator of the [[underground-railroad]].
Light-skinned enough to pass as white, Ellen Craft disguised herself as a sickly young planter — bandaged to hide her smooth face and inability to write — while her husband played her servant on the 1,000-mile journey north.