A Place Called Freedom

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A Place Called Freedom

• Vocabulary

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plantation

• We escaped the large farm where we had worked and
  finally put the plantation behind us.

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plantation

• large farm

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settlement

• We were heading for a small community of friends
  who lived in a settlement in Indiana.

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settlement

• new community

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fretted

• We fretted and worried about whether we were
  really walking North.

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fretted

• worried

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gourd

• We followed the Big Dipper, called the drinking
  gourd, because it is shaped like the shell of
  the dried fruit we drink from.

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gourd

• hollowed-out shell of a fruit

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sunrise

• As a new day began, we watched the sunrise.

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sunrise

• beginning of the day

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weary

• We were tired and weary from our long trip, but
  we knew we would soon be free.

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weary

• tired