Marckincia Jean Poet Narrative

Tribute To Dawn of Day: Stories From the Underground Railroad

Tribute to Dawn of Day: Stories from the Underground Railroad

From
Tennessee 
Virginia 
Mississippi
Kansas
Wisconsin
To free states in the north and Canada 
I grieved  upon the grave of the slave
Tears circling the tomb
Securing his name 
For their bloodshed
From whips and blows 
By the masters and relatives 
On the countryside
Down south  
Oral histories and tradition passed down 
Children
An investment 
Field hands 
Skilled labor 
Textile production 
Seamstresses clothed the slaves
A hovering over of threat of violence 
And a whipping 
Secret prayer meetings held on the plantation 
The Underground Railroad
Station masters housed runaway slaves
in logged cabins
Conductors  run the wagon
$50 reward for their capture
Images of faces with no names 
Abolitionists regarded as extremists 
A threat to the order of the day 
******* fought in the Civil War
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And Jim Crow 
Then migration to city ghettos or slums 




Marckincia Jean
Narrative 
09/26/19

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