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Courtnee Anderson was a Cassopolis high school student when she wrote this poem in honor of the unveiling of the"Sanctuary and Deliverance in Cass County" mural in downtown Cassopolis in the Fall of 2011.
The Kentucky Raid of 1847
Delivered, Now Free
By: Courtnee Anderson
Have you heard?
Dey coming
Dey coming after me
Is I to be scared?
Why should I fear?
There's more up here than I've ever seen
A Quaker on my side to hide me
Have you seen?
A white man,
Suspicious as can be,
Telling his men where to capture slaves on land that is free
Have you felt?
A mother's pain
When they barge in and take her baby away
Makin her come out from hiding
Childless mother held captive now crying
Have you heard?
I's not goin back,
They can't make me,
We fought the fight,
We kept the faith,
And we is free!
Have you realized?
A raid took place so we we can be delivered from slavery,
So we could all live free,
Free from all the suffering,
Free to have integrity
Free to live in unity
Free to love
Free to be proud of Cass County