The plantation which the Prentiss family worked on was located in Mobile, Alabama. Mary was just eleven years old when she was already picking cotton six days a week. Her brother, Samuel, and her Mother were doing the same. Before this all happened, Mary’s father had already escaped from the plantation which his family was working on a couple years back. One night, Mary heard singing coming from outside; she became suspicious and went to check it out for herself. As she got closer, the sing

Mary, Samuel, and their Mother went through a dark forest. With Mary’s sharp ears she heard something moving towards them. It was a pack of dogs and white men. Therefore, they hid between vines that were stuck together and did not move or breathe. Once the men and the dogs moved they began walking again, this time more carefully. They arrived at a town and again Mary heard feet moving. Their Mother took them by the hand and led them to the cemetery. The three of them hid behind the biggest stone. Feet were moving and they saw a Quaker man. He said that there was a boat waiting at the dock of the town and that he would be there too.

ing became clearer and finally she saw a man with a long beard. He was an agent for the Underground Railroad and his name was Peg-leg Joe. But all Mary knew was that he kept on singing “Follow the Drinking Gourd”. When she got back to the place where her Mother was staying at, Mary told her abou

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