It is a fascinating story about Ellen and William Craft, who escape from slavery in the middle of the night in Georgia and make their way to Massachusetts and London. Ellen dresses as a young white man with an illness, and William, as her enslaved manservant, boards a train and, over a few days, slowly passes into free territory. Their story quickly becomes well-known, and they begin to tour the lecture circuit of Frederick Douglass and William "Box" Brown. Living under the ever-changing Fugitive Slave Act and constant fear that a slave catcher is on their heels. This is a story of the perseverance of Ellen and William's never-ending goal to be free and the hope, fear, sadness, and excitement. It is also a story of understanding the volatile system of slavery and the fight to end it, the violence, separation, and devastation of it. For those of you are super into connections; William and Ellen Craft are materially related to the Fossett family that was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson (at Monticello).