Help with a BOOK S.O.S the book is Underground to CANADA?
The story starts at Jeb Henson's plantation in Virginia, where June Lilly and her Mammy live. One day a fat man comes to the plantation. He is a slave trader from the deep south. The man takes Julilly away from her Mammy. The slaves that were bought were loaded in a wagon and they left the plantation. On the wagon ride Julilly, the young children, Lester, Adam, and Ben see a free slave and a Quaker Abolitionist. The wagon passes through the Cypress Swamp and Julilly helps Lester, Ben and Adam who are chained to the back of the wagon out of the mud. The wagon of slaves arrives in Mississippi and they arrive at their new plantation. Julilly meets a crippled girl named Liza. Liza tried to runaway and got caught. She got whipped until she could hardly move. Liza and Julilly become very good friends. One day a man named Alexander Ross comes to the Riley Plantation. He is a bird watcher from Canada. Liza, Lester, Adam and Julilly find out that Mr.Ross is an abolitionist. They decide to take Mr.Ross's offer and runaway to Canada. They start their long journey to Canada. They hear bloodhounds and realize that the slave hunters are after them. They meet a abolitionist along the way. He them in a wagon to a farmers barn. Lester and Adam go fishing and get caught. Liza and Julilly keep moving and they arrive at the Mennonite's house and stay for a while. They leave and reach Jeb Brown's house. He can take them across the Ohio River. The girls stay with Jeb and Ella for a while, but they must leave. Jeb rows them across the river and they arrive at Levi Coffin's house. Once they leave Levi Coffin's house they board The Mayflower. The Mayflower is a abolitionist ship that will take them to Canada. The Mayflower arrives in Canada and the girls are very happy and relieved that they made it. A man picks them up and takes them to St. Catherine's. Jollily is reunited with Mammy Sally and Lester. They find out Adam had died and was buried under a tree. Mammy Sally is going to take care of Lisa too. The End
What was the one protection slaves had against mistreatment?
Well, if you were a slave and really didn’t want to be mistreated any longer, I suppose you could always commit suicide. But you’d have to make damn sure you succeeded, because an unsuccessful suicide attempt would probably be severely punished by your master and/or overseer.The thing is most human beings are not suicidal by nature. Most of us have a burning desire to endure and do our best to survive, even in circumstances of intolerable cruelty. Plus, even if your mistreatment drives you to despair, you very likely have family members who need you. Parents, siblings, a spouse, children. Not that property was allowed to get legally married, but many considered themselves married in the eyes of God. Unless you were willing to commit suicide, you had absolutely no defence against the myriad abuses perpetuated against you.Have you ever seen Steve McQueen’s film “Twelve Years a Slave”, based on the autobiography of Solomon Northrop, a free black man from New York State who was abducted and sold into slavery in the antebellum South? His story is the very rare slave narrative that ends happily. None of the other slaves on his plantation were rescued along with him when, after 12 years of enduring unspeakable cruelty, he was able to return to his family in the north and live out the remainder of his life as a free man.Edited to add: And John Precht points out in comments that Solomon Northrop May have been assassinated, as his autobiography was hugely embarrassing to slave owners. According to Wikipedia, he disappears from the historical narrative in 1857, and nobody is really sure whether he simply died or disappeared under mysterious (and very likely criminal) circumstances.Another good narrative which deals with the reality of living as a slave is the TV show Underground, sadly recently cancelled after 2 superb seasons.Underground (TV Series 2016– )It deals with a group of slaves who plan and later execute a daring and hella risky escape from 1850s Georgia, with assistance from the abolitionist Underground Railroad. Really riveting, and it didn’t get the ratings it deserved.The box set of both seasons is available on Amazon USA for $29.16 USDAmazon.com: Underground (Tv Series) - Season 01 / Underground (Tv Series) - Season 02 - Set: Aldis Hodge, Renwick D. II Scott, Alano Miller, Jurnee Smollett-Bell: Movies & TVOr on Amazon Canada both seasons are available for $36.99 CAD.Set Sous-titres français: Amazon.ca: Jurnee Smollett-Bell: DVDI recommend it.