Free Choice Book Reflection

In Trouble Don't Last, the main character is an eleven-year-old black slave boy named Samuel. His masters go by Master Hackler and Miz Catherine, and their two sons, Cassius and Seth. He works along side two elder slaves, Harrison and Lilly, who have been working on the farm for years. Then, in the middle of the night, Harrison wakes Samuel from his sleep and makes him come with him as he escapes from the farm. Harrison tells the boy that they are going to Canada to be free. It's been about a week since the two escaped, and already they have gone through a lot. Barely escaping the first night and sleeping in a tree, crossing a wide river and almost being caught because of a fellow runaway lady who held them up, being taken to multiple refuges and a white man's church, there is nowhere in the United States that it is safe for a runaway slave, and Samuel and Harrison are in for a long trip.
So far, I am enjoying this book. It gives me insight into how the time of the slaves might have went and the different opinions between the slaves and slave owners on different issues. Slaves were strong-hearted and strong-willed, having to deal with the pressures of pleasing their masters every moment of the day, while the masters still thought of their slaves as nothing more than their hunting dogs. This book is exhilarating and surprising and I am excited to read more into it. Some themes for this book are A New Beginning, Perseverance, and Trust.