Julia Craft, the great great granddaughter of famed slave Ellen Craft, will be speaking Thursday to discuss Macon's black history at the Ruth Hartley Mosley Women's Center from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The Center is located at 626 Spring St.
Ellen, who was born in Clinton, Ga., was often mistaken for a member of her father - the master's family because she was bi-racial. When she was 11, Craft was removed from her home and taken to Macon, having been a wedding gift for a Smith daughter, where she met her future husband, William Craft.
Ellen and William escaped as slaves from Macon in December 1848. Ellen, who could "pass" as a white woman, posed as a young male slave owner and William was the slave.
The determination to flee came from Ellen. Ellen also proposed the plan of traveling as a white man, because a white woman could not travel with a slave alone. She and her husband picked out certain clothing and hats so no one could recognize them.
The escape was widely publicized in newspapers, making them among the most famous of fugitive slaves.
