Slave Narrative “Mom! Tell us again about how you escaped slavery!” Kelly called to me.
“Yeah, Mommy please tell us again!” John agreed.
“Okay, kids listen up. Everyday I woke up, and I hoped that life would go back to the way it used to be. However, I was disappointed every time. All the other slaves and I would sing songs to help get through the long, painful days. Most of them were songs about trying to escape and when it is time to leave” I explained to them.
“Oh yeah! I remember you telling us about that!” Kelly yelled.
“Sweet Chariot was a popular song about how the angels would carry us to freedom when the time was right. I always dreamed of escaping to freedom. I never thought in a million years that I would be living in Canada …show more content…
“When I was taken away from the family at the age of 15. Your grandmother and I were brought to a gargantuan house that had a beautiful, serene garden. Your grandmother sewed clothes for all the slaves and our master's family, and I was in charge of embellishing the clothing. For the next year, your grandmother and I worked and worked until we could no longer keep our eyes open. Even though we always did what we were told and never got in trouble, there were many small children who dawdled instead of worked. In result, we all were punished for it. I remember those kids like it was yesterday because they exacerbated me so much. Two years later, your grandmother and I had heard of this thing called an underground railroad, where slaves were able to escape!” I told them excitedly.
“Yay! So you had some hope of escaping!” Kelly yelled. “By the next few day, all the slaves knew about the underground railroad. Many suggested hanging up gourds to tell everyone when it was safe to leave. The song Follow the Drinking Gourd told us to follow the big dipper, which pointed north, to freedom. We would sing:
‘If you follow the Drinking Gourd.
The riverbank makes a very good
“Yeah, Mommy please tell us again!” John agreed.
“Okay, kids listen up. Everyday I woke up, and I hoped that life would go back to the way it used to be. However, I was disappointed every time. All the other slaves and I would sing songs to help get through the long, painful days. Most of them were songs about trying to escape and when it is time to leave” I explained to them.
“Oh yeah! I remember you telling us about that!” Kelly yelled.
“Sweet Chariot was a popular song about how the angels would carry us to freedom when the time was right. I always dreamed of escaping to freedom. I never thought in a million years that I would be living in Canada …show more content…
“When I was taken away from the family at the age of 15. Your grandmother and I were brought to a gargantuan house that had a beautiful, serene garden. Your grandmother sewed clothes for all the slaves and our master's family, and I was in charge of embellishing the clothing. For the next year, your grandmother and I worked and worked until we could no longer keep our eyes open. Even though we always did what we were told and never got in trouble, there were many small children who dawdled instead of worked. In result, we all were punished for it. I remember those kids like it was yesterday because they exacerbated me so much. Two years later, your grandmother and I had heard of this thing called an underground railroad, where slaves were able to escape!” I told them excitedly.
“Yay! So you had some hope of escaping!” Kelly yelled. “By the next few day, all the slaves knew about the underground railroad. Many suggested hanging up gourds to tell everyone when it was safe to leave. The song Follow the Drinking Gourd told us to follow the big dipper, which pointed north, to freedom. We would sing:
‘If you follow the Drinking Gourd.
The riverbank makes a very good