Will you follow the Underground railroad?

Imagine you are the slave right now."Moses" is coming and you have heard about her. Harriet Tubman, also known as "Moses" was a formal slave who escaped her horrible slave life in 1849. Amazingly, she turned back and rescued many other slaves. And now, you have the chance to follow her. It is a very dangerous task, but you have to decide quickly!

As you walk along, you'll face many challenges. You'll have to sneak across bridges, caves and tunnels just to get to Canada. You'll need to make various important, maybe even life changing choices. You will approach very strange cities and trust many people. You will even face the Appalacian mountains and Lake Eerie.

So what will it be? It will be very challenging, freezing, blistering days and nights. All filled with hard choices, heartache, trust, love, hate and the greatest feeling of accomplishing crossing lakes, rivers, mountains, cities and experiences of all kinds. So what will it be? Follow the drinking gourd to safety, or stay being a slave forever?

The Route

A POEM:

The moon as our only light,
we set out in search of freedom.
we walk during freezing nights,
and hot days to our kingdom.
As we sing and walk,
with bad memories behind us.
We whisper, sing and talk
with the drinking gourd to guide us.
Road is rocky
our path is dark
But we are lucky
to have strong minds and hearts.

The Train Without Tracks

What is the underground railroad? No, not a train, but it did carry many people. It was an escape plan. In the 19th century, many black people were slaves. It was a horrible life, especially for little Harriet Tubman. She was born in the year of 1821. As a child, she was whipped, yelled at and abused from her various masters. She even once as a little girl, suffered a head wound from a heavy metal weight, meant to be thrown at another slave. She grew up to become a civil war spy and eventually escaped slavery. After she escaped, she made 13 missions to save more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
By 1850,more than 100,000 slaves had escaped via the "railroad." It was very hard, and the only guide they had, were the stars. That is all they used and they followed "the Drinking Gourd" or the big dipper. They traveled many many miles, just for their freedom. They walked blazing hot days, and freezing nights, but they kept on walking, and hoping, and made it.