Be Match each quotation from "The People Could Fly" with the correct historical fact on the right.
They couldn't take their wings across
Enslaved African Americans passed
the water on the slave ships.
down their heritage through stories
They say that the children of the ones
who could not fly told their children
Enslaved people were crowded onto
ships and sent overseas.
Say they flew away to Free-dom.
Enslaved workers were forced to work
all day in cotton fields.
Sarah couldn't stand up straight any
longer. She was too weak.
Many enslaved people ran away from
plantations and fled north to freedom