From Slave to Freedom

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This is a story about an African-American woman who died when she was 110 years old. My story will tell about how one woman went from a slave named Ticey to a legend by the name of Jane Pitman.

A slave girl named Ticey was going about her normal everyday duties when she heard the sound of slow, tired horse hooves coming down the path of the plantation she lived on. Then she saw them. Through all the cuts, bruises and battle wounds she could tell they were the Confederate soldiers. Her master saw them at the same time and yelled at her to get them some water. Ticey showed no fear when the soldiers took the water from her so greedily.

All of the sudden a soldier galloped into the camp shouting something like, "The Yankees are coming! They were right behind me, and they're coming this way!" During this time there was a war going on, which was the Civil War, for the freedom from slavery. There were the Confederates who thought that the black people were not equal to whites and should remain slaves. Yankees on the other hand believed that all men were created equally including the slaves. Recovering from the first battle the Confederates were trying their best to stay on the run until they were ready to battle again. Therefor

On a very sunny afternoon Ted was riding in a cart with his friend when a man walked out from the bushes in front of them. Ted's friend pulled the horse to as top, Ted got out and told his friend to go on without him. His friend tried to argue but Ted stopped him and told him that he would take care of this. After his friend left the man asked Ted if he knew what he was supposed to do, Ted told him yes. The man first shot his legs saying that he was ordered to make him crawl before he died but Ted refused to crawl so the man shot Ted right in the heart and killed him.

After Jane had been living there for a few years, a baby was born and when Jane held him in her arms she knew he would be the one to make another step in freedom for the blacks. "You're the one Jimmy," she whispered into his tiny ear.

First he got everyone to be silent and to pay attention to him and then someone handed him a scroll and he started to read. It said that all slaves were to be freed. When he was finished, he told everyone that they could stay if they wanted to and help work the land. Just about everyone dropped what work tools they had in their hands and walked away. On the next day the people that were in charge of the plantation provided provisions for the now free black people's journey.

On his way home Jimmy was killed in a car accident. Because of this and all the other deaths of her loved ones, Jane agreed to drink from the fountain. Jane took one drink from the fountain and left.

In the next few days everything went by normally, but about a week later the master of the plantation called everyone to a meeting in front of the house. Jane knew it was going to be something big that he had to say because he was wearing his best suit.

One day they met a black man who told them that he would take them close to the Mississippi River because that is as far as he thought they would get. Where he dropped them off was not that close to the Mississippi River, but he told them to get off, so Jane and Ted started to walk again. Wide as the Mississippi River was, Jane and Ted were unable to cross it, so they stayed at a plantation until they grew up.

As soon as they left Ticey's master ordered her to keep silent about the Confederate soldiers stopping there to rest. When the Yankees, arrived they were all very kind to

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Approximate Word count = 1573
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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