I am a Reporter

Today we are here with a previous slave by the name of Annie Smith!

R: How are you today?
A: Great, just got back from vacation with the kids in Africa.
R: That's great! I am here to talk to you about your experience of the "Underground Railroad." How long ago was it when you escaped from your slave master?
A: I was about 14 when my family tried to run away from slavery. We obviously did not succeed, our master got us back, and killed my mother, that was the worst day of my life. I took shelter in the barn. The next day I did not see my mother nor father. I knew that our master has killed them fro trying to escape. I was to afraid to go back, becasue what if I was next, what if I would end up like the rest of my family. It took me a while to realize that it was my family's dream is to get away from here and be free. I was that last one left, I had to keep going. So I waited to get away and go as far as I can. That night I packed up some canned peaches that were in the barn and took off.
R: That is a very sad story, did you ever get away? Did you ever find your parents again?
A: Yes, I got away my second try, when I was all by myself. The first day I took off, there was blood on the path that I was taking through the cotton. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but when i see these two blob's of red in the distance, to blurry to make out what it was, so I ran. As I got closer I slowed down, my eyes started to tear up. It was my parents. Our master has hidden the bodies.
R: what did you do then? Did you stop or did you keep going?
A: I kept going of course and started to take my fathers hammer and dig a whole that I can put the bodies in. It was hard to berry my parents, but that is what kept me from going back.
R: Well that is all the time we have for today, thank you Mrs. Smith, hear more about the story of a brave slave next time!