Part Nine: Amari Summary

In the morning, the escaped slaves continue their journey toward Fort Mose. They travel throughout the day without incident. When evening falls, they are forced to find shelter yet again, this time in what appears to be an abandoned shack. The children drift off to sleep, but are startled awake by a crazy-looking white woman wearing a buckskin cap. The woman begins shouting, asking the children what they have done with her son, Patrick. Of course the children have no idea what the woman is talking about, and innocently tell her that all they've been doing is sleeping. Their honest candor sets the woman into fits of laughter. Without quite understanding why, Amari feels as if she can trust this woman, Fiona. She tells the woman the truth: they are runaway slaves trying to make their way to Fort...