The Underground Railroad

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The Underground Railroad

• BRENNAN SAGE STONE

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SLAVES

• You are a slave.Your body, your time, your very
  breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six
  long days a week you tend his fields and make him
  rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never
  expect to.
• And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear
  whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a
  hard, dangerous trick. Do you try it?

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Harriet Tubman

• Moses is coming! Youve heard the stories about
  her. She is Harriet Tubman, a former slave who
  ran away from a nearby plantation in 1849 but
  returns to rescue others. Guided by her
  visions, she has never lost a passenger. Even
  if Moses cant fit you into her next group,
  shell tell you how to follow the North Star to
  freedom in Canada.

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Stealing away

• Every step seems louder. Twigs snap, leaves
  crackle. But you walk on, till you see a group of
  friendly faces. You join them shyly and meet
  General Tubman herself. She tells you how to
  sneak across the bridge over the Choptank River
  and where to find friends in a place called
  Delaware.

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Fearful choice
Your head says go, your feet say no. knock on a
white familys door and trust them to help you?

• Your head says go, your feet say no. Harriet
  Tubman told you that a lantern on a hitching post
  means a safe house. But can you really knock on a
  white familys door and trust them to help you?

knock on a white familys
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Save station

• A warm welcome and hot foodthats what you find
  inside the house. Guided by their conscience, the
  owners break the law by helping runaways. Yet
  terror still haunts you. As you fall asleep you
  hear bloodhounds not far away. They are looking
  for fugitives, looking for you. Freedom is still
  a long way off.

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Strange new world

• Youve never seen a city like Wilmingtonthe
  people, the streets, the houses, the noise! Now
  you know the plantation really is hundreds of
  miles away. Your host, a Quaker businessman named
  Thomas Garrett, smiles gently and promises youll
  see much bigger cities before you reach Canada.
• A good friend of Tubmans, Garrett has worked on
  The Underground Railroad for almost 40 years. A
  few years ago he was arrested and fined 5,400.
  It didnt stop him for a minute.

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Breathing freedom

• Youve never met a man like thisnot a black man,
  anyway. Born free, William Still is a successful,
  confident merchant and a leader in the fight
  against slavery. He can read and writeskills
  denied youand takes careful notes about your
  journey. Watching your deep, joyous breaths of
  the free air of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he
  cautions you not to get giddy. Youve reached a
  free state, its true, but United States law
  still sees you as your masters property, and
  bounty hunters are everywhere. He helps you get
  ready for another long stretch of travel.

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Fighting for freedom

• Weeks of trudging, including a grueling passage
  of almost 250 miles (402 kilometers) through the
  Appalachian Mountains, have brought you to
  Rochester. Perhaps youll catch a glimpse of
  fugitive Frederick Douglass, the fiery orator who
  publishes the North Star, an abolitionist paper.
  You meet with another noted citizen, activist
  Susan B. Anthony. She and her antislavery friends
  give you warm clothing for the hard Canadian
  climate and make sure youre taken safely to Lake
  Erie.

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Fighting frontier

• Across Lake Erie lies Canadaand freedom. A few
  weeks earlier you might have coaxed an easy ride
  from a sympathetic ferry captain. But as winter
  takes hold, chunks of ice have begun to form. You
  might find someone to row you across, or you
  could try leaping from one ice floe to another.
  Either way, youll be freezing cold. Yet staying
  exposes youand your helpersto slave hunters. Do
  you try going across?

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The promised land

• You made it! It took courage, luck, help, and
  incredible stamina. Here in Canada, you can
  finally breathe free. Not only wont the
  government return you to slavery in the United
  States, but you can vote and even own land. No
  wonder thousands have already run away to settle
  here. You still face challenges finding a home,
  making a living, adjusting to a new place. But
  you face them in freedom.
• FREE AT LAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!