April 2 1853
Hello, my name is Eli Kirsty, my job giving from my master is tending to the horses I tend to the 14 horses and occasionally I am giving my tasks planting crops picking cutting etc. My master (Jonathan Goldstein) is more nice than most masters he lets me sit and the dinner table and dine with him and eat, but when he gets mad he makes me sleep with the horses. But this morning I woke up at 5:00 am on my way to tend the horses and here stopping and clicking of hooves I see a great tall man in a carriage with two bulky strong horses with there fur more white than snow as my master comes out of the house to see this man he calls me over and introduces me to the man he talks me “Eli you have to tend to this horses for as long as Mr. Penten stays here” he shook my hand with a firm shake I washed his horses and combed there hair then at the dinner table My penten was asking me some unusual questions like if I liked working my height my weight my date of birth I told him I really quite enjoy working for my master but he could see right through me I was unhappy depressed missing my family when I stood up I tripped over the table spilling my masters wine all over his white shirt he kicked my leg in I couldn’t walk he told me to go outside and not to come in untill he tells me so I had to crawl outside I couldn’t stand up later that night once my master went to bed Mr Penten came outside to see me with a tray of bread and a glass of water he started asking me have you ever dreamed a dream where there was no slavery having lots of land with and family a paying job bounty full supply of food I said yes but I am only slave and will work for my master till I die I started to feel the flow of tears running down my face he said meet my down and the Brooke tomorrow when the sun just starting to rise I will give a map telling you were to run you will be running with two other people Kevin and Jessica I asked there last names he said that’s no concern
April 3 1853
next morning I left early looking all the doors and windows and blocked the front door as I sprinted down towards Brooke I saw Mr. Pentan he gave me a map telling me follow the brown line and if I run into trouble and get strayed of course there are three more lines everything he was telling me was complicated but I managed to understand most of it then he gave me 10 loaves of bread and a sac-loth bag and told me to put the bread in there then he said run 500 meters up strait up and Kevin and Jessica would meet me there I almost fainted thinking of how much running would be involved I meet Jessica and Kevin they were both crying I grabbed doth of there hand they were both trembling in fear I told them we have to run as we ran I could feel my leg giving out again and right ahead of me there was a 10 foot drop so I jumped without question because I didn’t want Kevin and Jessica to get discouraged I landed on my back winding myself barely being able to breath I felt my vision go away but I stood up and my vision finally starting to come back into site I stood there and said Kevin jump he skipped and tumbled down the hill but he was fine my and him linked arms and Jessica said i can’t do this and We heard horses and men in the background so I screamed hide Jessica fell down the hill in there was loads of leaves on the ground so I hidkevin then Jessica and I climbed to the top of a tree so they could see us they ran right pass us the horse was within inches of stepping and Jessica’s head Jessica quickly stood up and then again fell to her knees silently weeping as I hopped down from the tree no one said a word we continued to follow the trail I built a small tent out of sticks and leaves we couldn’t build a fire because it would attract the guards right to us we drifted off within moments of lying Down.
April 4 1853
I woke up in the middle of the night as I felt a cold breeze brush up against my beard, I could no longer sleep. Kevin and Jessica were still sleeping, so I thought I would go out and try to hunt for food I set up a trap. As I left a heard a snap I went back to the trap and I saw a massive rabbit a it’s leg stuck under the rock I had to kill it I grabbed another rock and chucked it on the rabbits head to knock it out it work as I began skinning the rabbit Kevin and Jessica woke up we created a fire hoping not to get caught we roasted the rabbit and ate it then we heard horses we quickly ran forgetting some of our stuff we ran and hid in a bog they came within feet from us but luckily we could escape we travelled as far as we could till night fall we became tired so we payed down upon some leaves and drifter of to sleep
April 5 1853
We ran coming within minutes of reaching Canada and they asked us who we were and who sent us to Canada I spoke up without fear Mr. Pentan both of the guards look at each other and said softly I’m sorry Mr Pentan passed away of a stroke 2 days ago I felt my heart sink this man risked his lives for us so we could be free there is no benefit for this man that died for us. The guards welcomed us in to Canada they assigned us to some free land to clear out I began to clear out the land 4 more on horses come up to me and say we still own you I ran as fast as I could into a town and the town sheriff arrested the four men and we were never bothered again
I think I rushed this essay towards the end. I also forgot to include the map. Next time I should have more information on what happened. I think the best part I did on this project was the presentation.