They couldn't take their wings across the water on the slave ships.
Enslaved African Americans passed
down their heritage through stories
They say that the children of the ones
who could not fly told their children.
Enslaved people were crowded onto
ships and sent overseas.
Say they flew away to Free-dom
Enslaved workers were forced to work
all day in cotton fields
Sarah couldn't stand up straight any
longer. She was too weak.
Many enslaved people ran away from
plantations and fled north to freedom
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