Closing

After everything I have been through it feels so weird to be free. At first when I came to Canada I hid my face in fear of being found. When Julilly reminded me we are FREE now there is no need to hide. Going and seeing Lester gave me so much more profound hope that we are able to finally live without slavery. However we will still need to work hard to survive but this time is different, we will be working for money and ourselves not doing someone else's work. Everything is different in Canada now I have Mammy Sally who is unofficially my mom, I have Julilly who is like an unofficial sister and Lester who is like a unofficial big brother. It is so nice to have a family after all these years of being alone. I get to go to school now and learn how to read and write. We may not go to the same school as the white people and may not get the best books but at least I am getting an opportunity to learn that i never would have even dreamed of doing a few months ago.

Bravery

I am brave, I feel brave after making it this far to be sitting here in this ship beside my best friend Julilly. Looking back on everything we have been through especially me with my back that gives me so much pain it is a miracle we are almost in Canada. So many times I just felt like giving up and telling Julilly to leave mebehind but, I have always known that making it to Canada is what my papa and God always have wanted me to do. Especially God with all the help he has gaven Julilly and I on the way with Jeb and Ella Brown, Levi and Katie Coffin, the Mayflower captain and most of all Massa Ross. All these blessed people have helped us so much on the way looking back now and thinking about how I wanted so much just to give up and let my back and limp get to me but I am thankful i had a friend like Julilly to help me through this all. So, now I don't feel as brave as people tell me but hey, how often do two 13 year old girls make it to Canada with no one but, slave helpers along the way to guide us. I guess i am pretty brave then.

FREEDOM

Freedom is a part of everyday life and it is especially important to me because it is the only thing that helps me get through these horrible days and many painful whips. Canada is what I believe is Freedom and the hope that someday I might make it there is the reason I put up with all this through all the hardship because just the hope and dream of Canada a place where blacks and whites are equal, a place where you get paid for your work, a place where you don't have to be worried about being whipped everyday, that place to live would be something every slave has dreamed of!