Summary

Section “14 / Flash” is another of Naomi’s flashes from 1847, as she plays marbles with Johnny, Naomi thinks about the information Albert gave her when she talked to him about escaping to freedom. He had explained they could take the Underground Railroad to the North, or go with the Freedom Fighters to the South. He said there were problems with both choices. The Railroad did not start until Virginia so they would have to find a way to Virginia on their own. On the other hand, the slave owners were beginning to get wise to the Freedom Fighters' ways of getting slaves off their owner’s property by saying they were looking to pay for slave help for a day or two, and then leaving with the slaves they received. The Freedom Fighters were set to make a trip through that town...