PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THOMAS AND BIRDIE WERE SLAVES IN THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE WERE LIVING IN MS. KNOX'S HOUSE WITH THEIR FATHER.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE'S FATHER WAS KILLED.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE'S COUSIN WAS THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
HE WAS SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE WERE STILL TOGETHER.
THEIR OWNER, MS. KNOX, DIED.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE COULD STILL LIVE IN HER HOUSE.
THE SLAVE CATCHERS CAME TO GET THEM.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE RAN AWAY.
IT WAS NIGHT AND THEY COULDN'T TELL WHICH WAY TO RUN.
THE CAMP SITE WAS AT A DEAD END.
THERE WERE BUSHES THEY COULD HIDE UNDER.
THERE WERE SOLDIERS STAYING AT THE CAMP SITE.
THEY WERE SOLDIERS FROM THE NORTH, WHERE THEY DIDN'T KEEP SLAVES.
THE SOLDIERS WERE GOING INTO WAR THE NEXT DAY.
THEY KEPT THOMAS AND BIRDIE SAFE IN A WAGON.
REBEL SOLDIERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THEM.
THE UNION SOLDIERS FOUGHT THE REBEL SOLDIERS OFF.
THE REBEL SOLDIERS TOOK BIRDIE HOSTAGE WHILE THEY WERE ESCAPING.
THEY WHERE A WHOLE ARMY WITH BIRDIE TIED TO THE BACK OF A HORSE.
THE UNION SOLDIERS CAME TO GET THOMAS AND BIRDIE
THOMAS AND BIRDIE AND THE SOLDIERS WERE NEAR THE FRONT.
THERE WAS SHELTER FOR THE SOLDIERS TO HIDE IN THE TREES.
THEY HAD TO GO INTO BATTLE.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE HAD SHELTER IN THE WAGON.
SOMEONE HAD GOTTEN HURT IN BATTLE AND THOMAS HAD TO HELP.
THOMAS WAS WITH A UNION SOLDIER.
THE SOLDIER HAD GOTTEN SHOT IN THE CHEST.
HENNRY, THE SOLDIER WHO WAS TAKING CARE OF THOMAS AND BIRDIE, DIED.
CLEM, THOMAS AND BIRDIE'S COUSIN WAS THERE WITH THEM.
THEY WERE STILL LIVING IN THE SOUTH.
HENRY HAD BOUGHT TRAIN TICKETS FOR ALL OF THEM TO GO TO VERMONT.
THOMAS AND BIRDIE LIVED IN VERMONT WITH CLEM AND WENT TO SCHOOL.