Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Judith Redline Coopey

Author:Judith Redline Coopey [Coopey, Judith Redline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Brothers and Sisters, Action & Adventure, Underground Railroad, Slavery, General, Fugitive Slaves, Historical, Quaker Abolitionists, Fiction
ISBN: 9780978924744
Google: uV11RAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0978924746
Publisher: Indi Pub Group
Published: 2010-08-03T05:00:00+00:00

“Oh, Uncle Sammy! Thank you so much!”

My plan moved forward. The railroad fares and schedule arrived from Rachel early the next week, and Will McKitrick rode up with a bundle on his saddle on Sixth Day. Now it was left to ask a favor of Ben. That afternoon I took the path through the orchard to his house. As I crossed the yard, I saw him in the doorway of the barn and waved.

“Ben, I need your help. I’m moving Lettie on soon, and I need a way to get us to Bedford. We’ll take a coach from there to Altoona. I won’t be coming back right away, so I’d like to borrow your buggy and a team to take us to Bedford, but I can’t return it.”

“I could take you,” Ben offered.

“No, Ben. You have enough to do. I was hoping to borrow the buggy and leave it at the livery. Then maybe Nate or Elias could bring it home when they go to town.”

Ben looked puzzled. “Sure. You can do that,” he said.

Walking back through the orchard, I went over the plan again in my mind. In Altoona, we could stay the night with Rachel, in spite of possible hostility from Jacob Schilling. This was more important than his antics. I thought it through, one step at a time. It should work. A southern lady traveling with her maid.

I missed Meeting again the next First Day so I could pack a small trunk, try on my “Southern lady” finery and outfit Lettie in one of my old dresses. I slept little that night, wrestling with nightmares when I did. Dawn finally came, and I went to awaken Lettie. Then I returned to my room, dressed in the dark so as not to waken Abby, and quietly picked up the sleeping baby and carried him downstairs.

Placing the child in Lettie’s arms, I put a cautionary finger to my lips and nodded toward the door. Lettie carried Sam to the barn, where I hitched up Ben’s team to the buggy. Inside the barn, Lettie let out a cry.

“Miss Ann! Where we takin’ this baby?” she asked.

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