User:Jimmithy McCoy

Jim McCoy was a slave working in Alabama with a very brutal family. he was a hardworking slave that always did what he was told. HE was a slave ever since he was born. he was slit up with his family when he was only three years old. At age 26 he tried to get what every slave wanted, freedom. On July 23rd, 1825, he escaped. He started in Alabama then moved up to Tennessee then Kentucky then Ohio then he ended his journey in Wisconsin. he used routes from the underground railroad. this miraculous journey took him 17 days. There were search parties out for him. if he found alive the reward would be 2,500. if found dead it would be 2,00 dollars. when he ended up in Wisconsin, he stayed in a barn that was close a a house. there was also railroad tracks. it has been said that he waited two days in the barn waiting for a train to come. but it never did. So Jim went up to the house and knocked on the door. the family who lived there immediately new he was a slave. the family new there were rewards for slaves so they brought him in the basement torturing him and beating him. the family brought him there new wine cellar and skinned him alive. jim McCoy will be remembered for his courage, his self confidence. Jim is one of the many slaves who just wanted to live a better life.