Virginia Hamilton’s folklore The People Could Fly is a fictional portrayal of the escape from slavery. In the folklore, Sarah is an fatigued slave who is carrying her bawling child on her back while tiredly working in the plantation. She can’t stop to croon her child because if she does the overseer will order her to be whipped. The author uses historical fiction to provide a metaphorical way to escape from the misery of slavery by soaring above it. Sarah is able to flee by using her magical ability to fly away.
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is a historical account of slavery. Tubman’s inner strength, developed from childhood, gives her the courage as an adult to make her successful escape from slavery to freedom.
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad is a historical account of slavery. Tubman’s inner strength, developed from childhood, gives her the courage as an adult to make her successful escape from slavery to freedom.