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Original Title: TIL In 1854, Clarissa Davis, an enslaved woman, escaped from Virginia by disguising herself as a man and hiding in a box near a steamship furnace. After 75 days in hiding, she endured the perilous journey to Philadelphia with help from an ally onboard. She was later assisted and able met her family.