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I was very surprised that they would separate the babies from their parents so young. I assumed that there would be a minimal age to become a slave. But, in this first part, it seems that Walter is put into these horrible conditions as a child. I am surprised that he survives the horrible conditions because from what it seems he could have died very young.

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I didn't now that the people helping the slaves where organised in the underground railroad.They also do it illegally

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Honestly, I was kind of surprised how easy it was for Walter to run away. I thought that running away would be the hardest part but, no. The hardest part is after you run away the constant fear that you will be caught and beat bloody and brought right back to exactly what you were running away from. No water of food for days and always being tired of running . That's the worst part.

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I was surprised that even people that did not agree with slavery would turn the run away's in. I think that if they would have protested instead of exposing the slaves, that slavery could have ended sooner.

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I was very impressed with the amount of slaves that got to safety and got their well deserved freedom. It's very impressive that America was able to overcome such a big issue in society.

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I didn't now that each slave family had its own hut. The hut has two rooms and the owners' house is called the big house. It is a very big house compared to the leaky roofed slave hut.

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I was shocked that the owner could separate the babies from their mother. I was even more surprised when Walter had been a slave at a such young age. His owner almost killed him by making him work so hard

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I didn't now that overseers where mean enough to give severe punishments to kids, they where no distinctions between kid's, woman's, man's punishments. They could get whiped for not working hard enough, slleeping too long and other ridiculous reasons.

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I didn't now that the moss on the tree's tipicaly grow on the north side and that slaves used it as a natural compass to guide them to the north where you can be free. But a law in the united states made that any citizen had to report and give back any runaway slave to its master or they get a 1000$ fine

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I was shocked that the slaves from Africa would take 4 months to       cross the Atlantic ocean. They could die of starvation and disease.

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I never knew that in 1865, the North won the Civil War and decided to ban slavery from the United States. Almost 4 million African slaves were freed from slavery.

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I realized that a slave's wort fear is to be sold to another plantation. The slave would be separated from his family and friends. It is something common when the owner needs more money.

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I was surprised to know that slaves who wanted to escape traveled in rivers, which are difficult to cross. It was safer because dogs can't track sent in water. It would take a lot of time to swim to safety.

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The way they brought the slaves to America traumatized me. They put the slaves in a dirty ship. The ship was very crowded and they were all chained together. A lot of them died during this trip. In my opinion, the slaves who made through this horrible time are very courageous and strong.

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I was surprised to know how easy the slaves could get caught if they tried to escape. If any body spotted a black men running away they automatically knew that he or she was a slave who tried to escape. It must be very hard for slaves to gain their freedom.

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I was shocked because the owners treated the slaves as if it didn't matter if they died. They couldn't run away and they were getting whipped if the owners judged that they didn't work hard enough.

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Even thought I knew that Canada played a part in freeing the slaves, I had no idea that they were the first place to go after escaping. This really surprised me because I'm Canadian and I've never heard about this.

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I didn't know that escaping slaves went to the Underground Railroad, a secret network that leads fugitives to freedom.

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The slaves were very smart to use disguises to escape so that the slave catchers wouldn't recognize them.