I believed him because he once was a slave himself and was only posing as one to gain access to slaves in the plantation. He told us we would have to wait for the right opportunity. “Timing was everything,” he said. He learned from another conductor named Harriet that winter was a better time to escape when daylight was shorter. Finally, on a cold winter Saturday night , it was time for our escape. After everyone is asleep, John, a few other field hands, and I sneak out of our cabin and head toward the forest near the plantation. I run and run through the trees gathering distance from myself and my former home. We waited in the forest for what seemed like hours, when a covered wagon arrived. John told us to get in and that it will bring us somewhere safe to stay in the morning. We arrived at a barn which John called a “station” where we were given food and word was sent to help us get to our next stop. While we waited, I thought of my mother waking up that day knowing I was gone. I worry about what will happen to my mother when my master finds out I have ran away. The last thing she says to me will be something I will always remember. My mother insisted that I should not to worry about her. She said that if she will suffer any sort of punishment, she will suffer in happiness knowing I am
I believed him because he once was a slave himself and was only posing as one to gain access to slaves in the plantation. He told us we would have to wait for the right opportunity. “Timing was everything,” he said. He learned from another conductor named Harriet that winter was a better time to escape when daylight was shorter. Finally, on a cold winter Saturday night , it was time for our escape. After everyone is asleep, John, a few other field hands, and I sneak out of our cabin and head toward the forest near the plantation. I run and run through the trees gathering distance from myself and my former home. We waited in the forest for what seemed like hours, when a covered wagon arrived. John told us to get in and that it will bring us somewhere safe to stay in the morning. We arrived at a barn which John called a “station” where we were given food and word was sent to help us get to our next stop. While we waited, I thought of my mother waking up that day knowing I was gone. I worry about what will happen to my mother when my master finds out I have ran away. The last thing she says to me will be something I will always remember. My mother insisted that I should not to worry about her. She said that if she will suffer any sort of punishment, she will suffer in happiness knowing I am