Publisher's Synopsis
In 1848 they decided to use her light skin to pass as white in order to travel by train and boat to the North, with William posing as her slave. But in order to carry out this plan she had to pass as a man since a single white woman could not have travelled alone with a male slave at this time. Although they encountered several close calls along the way the plan worked. After setting off from Georgia early on the morning of December 21, the couple arrived in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.
