Question

finding the facts in \the people could fly\
match each quotation from \the people could fly\ with the correct historical fact on the right.
they couldnt take their wings across the water on the slave ships.
say they flew away to free-dom.
they say that the children of the ones who could not fly told their children.
sarah couldnt stand up straight any longer. she was too weak.
enslaved workers were forced to work all day in cotton fields
enslaved african americans passed down their heritage through stories.
many enslaved people ran away from plantations and fled north to freedom.
enslaved people were crowded onto ships and sent overseas.

Explanation:

1. The quote about wings and slave ships connects to the fact of enslaved people being crowded onto ships for the overseas journey.
2. The quote about flying to "Free-dom" aligns with enslaved people escaping plantations to reach freedom in the North.
3. The quote about children passing down stories links to enslaved African Americans preserving their heritage through oral storytelling.
4. The quote about Sarah being too weak to stand connects to the forced, all-day labor in cotton fields that exhausted enslaved workers.

Answer:

• "They couldn't take their wings across the water on the slave ships." → Enslaved people were crowded onto ships and sent overseas.
• "Say they flew away to Free-dom." → Many enslaved people ran away from plantations and fled north to freedom.
• "They say that the children of the ones who could not fly told their children." → Enslaved African Americans passed down their heritage through stories.
• "Sarah couldn't stand up straight any longer. She was too weak." → Enslaved workers were forced to work all day in cotton fields