**NPS sources (listed in prompt):** Not accessible via WebFetch during research for this article. Key facts from NPS materials are substantially covered in the secondary sources consulted, which cite and overlap with NPS narratives.
**Departure date:** December 21, 1848. Arrival in Philadelphia: December 25, 1848 (Christmas Day). Flight to England: December 1850.
**Unresolved or uncertain details:**
– The exact content of the 1876 libel accusations and the specific legal record of the 1878 case are not fully documented in sources accessed here.
– Ellen’s contributions to the 1860 narrative versus William’s remain a matter of scholarly discussion without definitive resolution.
– The names and fates of all five children born in England are not consistently reported in sources consulted.
– The Woodville Farm School’s exact closure date and the details of land loss in the 1880s are imprecisely documented in accessible sources.
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**Meta Description:** In 1848, Ellen Craft posed as a white male slaveholder and her husband as her servant. Together they escaped Georgia slavery on trains and steamships in four days. (161 characters)
**Category:** Black History & Extraordinary Escapes
**Thumbnail hook:** She was born enslaved. She looked white. Her husband had a plan — and together they walked right out of the slaveholding South in plain sight.