Race to Freedom A story of the Underground Railroad

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Race to FreedomA story of the Underground
Railroad
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The following simulation is based on the movie
Race to Freedom, directed by Don McBrearty,
written by Diana Braithwaite, Nancy Trites
Botkin, Peter Mohan based on the novel
Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
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It is a cool but pleasant morning in 1851.
Colonel Fairling is sitting on the front porch of
his plantation house in the heart of Alabama.
The Colonel is respected and well-known in this
area. He has a large plantation with over 50
slaves working his vast cotton fields. As he
reads a story in the paper about the recently
passed Fugitive Slave Act, he hears a wagon and
horses coming up the road.
It is his overseer. He has just caught a slave
named Joe who tried to run two nights earlier.
The overseer brings the shackled slave up to the
Colonel and shoves him on the ground. Colonel
Fairling shakes his head. Ive got to make an
example of ya, boy. Joe is lead into the
blacksmiths shop where he is tied down to a
table. Using a large hammer, the overseer breaks
both of Joes ankles. He will not be running
again.
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• Slide 2 Dr. Ross comes to the Cols House

What should Sara and the other slaves do? Stay on
the Plantation Escape with Dr. Ross
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Thomas, Sara, Walter, and Minnie decide to escape
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• Thomas, Sara, Walter, and Minnie decide to stay.

The End
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• Slide 5

What should the runaways do? Approach the man in
the wagon Stay hidden
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• The burlap sacks are hot and heavy on their
  backs as they hide beneath them. They hear the
  creek as the wagon groans forward. They wait
  quietly and in an uncomfortable secrecy until
  they feel the wagon stop. They peer out from
  under the burlap. The wagon driver signals that
  this is as far as he can take them. They
  gratefully accept the food he has offered , but
  are disappointed that they will not receive the
  gun and compass Dr. Ross had promised them.
  Their thoughts drift back to him and they wonder
  if he is alright.
• That night, the companions find themselves in
  the midst of a downpour. They wander through the
  forest, they are cold, feet sloshing through mud
  with each deliberate step they come to the edge
  of the wood. Beyond the last braches they see a
  house. In the window they spy a lone candle. It
  burns with their last ray of hope.

What should the runaways do? Knock on the
door Keep going look for shelter elsewhere
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• Dont talk to man in wagon

The End
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• Thomas knocks on door

What should Walter do? Go look for food Stay put
until evening
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• Dont knock on door. Drown trying to cross a
  river.

The End
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• Walter goes for food

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• Walter doesnt go for food

The End
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• Thomas is taken to auction by the bounty hunters.

What should Dr. Ross do? Try to stop the
auction Wait to see what happens
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• Dr. Ross interrupts the auctioneer.

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• Dr. Ross waits to see what happens

The End
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• Sara and Minnie are on the run

What should Sara do? Go back to find
Thomas Keep going North
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• Sara heads back for Thomas and Minnie goes on

The End
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• Sara and Minnie keep heading north
• Minnie is bitten by rattlesnake

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• Sara is found by free black family

What should Sara do? Hide in a coffin to take
the train into Ohio Use fake papers to take the
train into Ohio
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• Sara is put aboard train in a coffin
• Arrives safely in Canada

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• Sara uses fake papers to board train

The End
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