 And he concocted a plan. He got together the other enslaved crew of the planter and came up with a plan that one night, it ended up being the night of May 12th, 1862, into the morning, the early morning hours of May 13th. The Confederate crew left. He got his family, the enslaved crew and their families. He famously sort of donned the top hat and this long overcoat of the Confederate captain of the planter.