After traveling down a river, faced with near death situations, I was back on the move, making my way down South. However, this time was different. This time, I did not have to run from those terrible slave hunters. This time, I was a free man. You would never believe how it happened. There was this boy, his name was Huckleberry Finn--I will never forget it--who helped on the entire trip. God was he amazing. That child must be an angel. You do not see too many white folk as nice as him. I always think of him, how he helped me become free. There was this other boy too. His name was Tom Sawyer, I did not like him as much as Huck, but I still respected him, mainly because he was white. But back to this story, I was heading down South to find my family. They were all enslaved by the
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And more farms meant more slaves. My wife and daughter had to be here. The sun was just beginning to rise so I had some time before people actually came out of their homes. I wandered around in the town, looking for clues. Then I saw it, a sign, that had my family’s name on it. They were due to ship to another state today in the afternoon. I could not believe it. I tore the paper down out of anger and banged my head on the wall. I did not know what to do.
Then, I heard a door open. I picked up the paper with my wife and daughter’s name on it and ran into the forest. A million questions were going through my head. I had no idea how I would save my family in time. It was too short of a notice. I could run in and grab them before they got boarded on, but we would get shot and killed instantly. God was I lost.
Then I heard rustling in the trees behind me. I dived behind the biggest rock I could see and peaked out through the side to see who it was. And God was I blown away, it was old Huck! I jumped out from behind the rock and ran to hug him. Huck responded:
“Oh my God! Jim? Well goddamn it is. What in the world are you doing
And more farms meant more slaves. My wife and daughter had to be here. The sun was just beginning to rise so I had some time before people actually came out of their homes. I wandered around in the town, looking for clues. Then I saw it, a sign, that had my family’s name on it. They were due to ship to another state today in the afternoon. I could not believe it. I tore the paper down out of anger and banged my head on the wall. I did not know what to do.
Then, I heard a door open. I picked up the paper with my wife and daughter’s name on it and ran into the forest. A million questions were going through my head. I had no idea how I would save my family in time. It was too short of a notice. I could run in and grab them before they got boarded on, but we would get shot and killed instantly. God was I lost.
Then I heard rustling in the trees behind me. I dived behind the biggest rock I could see and peaked out through the side to see who it was. And God was I blown away, it was old Huck! I jumped out from behind the rock and ran to hug him. Huck responded:
“Oh my God! Jim? Well goddamn it is. What in the world are you doing