![]() ![]() Later, walking to the fields, the overseer sits high on his horse with a gun. ![]() The angry overseer comes to their cabin with dogs, hitting the parents. By Thursday, it's clear that Ben and his friends have run away. Ben gives his sister a handmade doll made of twigs and clothe, kisses her and whispers "Good-bye" then heads to the fields with his friends. This week, Monday and Tuesday are the same. The narrator heads to Miss Sarah Mae's with the other young children too young to work in the fields. We eat." Then, Daddy, Mama, and older brother Ben head to the fields with the other enslaved people, watched by the overseer on horseback. And each day mirrors every other day: "Daddy gathers wood. Each day begins the same way as her family wakes up to the ringing of the overseer's bell while is it still dark outside. ![]() In this beautifully illustrated picture book, James Ransome poignantly and realistically captures one week in the life of an enslaved family as seen through the eyes of their young daughter. ![]()
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