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Copyright 1998 by the University Press of Colorado International Standard Book Number 0-87081-503-2
Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reilly, Shauna. Freedom in my soul / Shauna Reilly. p. cm. ISBN 0-87081-503-2 (alk. paper) I. Title. PS3568.E4849F7 1998 813'.54dc21 98-8849 CIP
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I had freedom in my soul. Still, it took a long time before I could make a run for it. My family and I chose a muggy summer night in 1850 when our Chickasaw owners' personal concerns demanded their attention. By the light of a fading moon, we planned to start southward over Oklahoma Territory.
"If we survive that," I'd told the others, time after time, "we'll cross the hellfire and brimstone of Texas to reach free Mexican soil."
When the big evening arrived, my scheme started out as slick as I had devised it. We all kept calm through supper at the grub table, although that wasn't hard. Everyone was so exhausted from their days in the field that no one had much to say.
As we walked back to our cabin Mammy said, "Go on. I'll catch up with you. I'm going to check Mose and Amanda's cabin."
"Hurry, Mammy," said I, my stomach jumping into my throat. "We don't want to draw attention to ourselves this night of all nights."
Mammywhose given name was Chloecast me a scornful glance. "I want to leave that cabin as free of bugs as I found it."
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Mammy had chased Mose and Amanda away by pointing out some crawlersthat she herself had smuggled inon the wall, then offering to cleanse the cabin of bugs. Just as they promised, Mose and Amanda had gone straight to their daughter's cabin after work, so there was no sign of them.
After Mammy squashed the few crawlers she could find, she called out for my pappy. His name was Isaiah, but most everybody called him Ike. I just called him Pappy.
Pappy had already turned part of the spring to run between our cabin and Mose's and Amanda's, and had the grass stripped down bare in that plot of groundto keep the fire we planned to set from jumping from our cabin to theirs.
"I'll just throw a few buckets of water on their walls," he told me. "I'd hate to set Moses and Amanda's place to burning."
"Go on, Pappy," I told him, "but don't be long."
When Mammy and Pappy came back, we all dressed in our traveling clothes and went to bed. Only Samboy and Pappy slept, because they were so tired from the fields. Mammy and I stayed on the alert, along with Dog.
"The quarters are settling down fast tonight," I whispered.
"Everybody's falling into their bunks, too tired to mind our doings," she agreed.
After an hour or so, I crept near our cabin's front door. "You sleep some," I told Mammy. "I want to watch the moon so I'll know when our running time comes."
Even though cloud cover blanketed the sky, I could see the moon's shine here and there. We'd agreed to stay in our cabin until the moon peaked. When it began to drop, we'd make our bid for freedom. That left me with several long hours to wait and worry.
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