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Chapter 22:** Polly and Amari are serving as housemaids for the night because Flora, the real housemaid is seeing her mother. At dinner Mr. Derby and Mrs Derby talk about the baby to Clay's disgust. Amari tripped while walking with blueberry pie splattering it everywhere. She was whipped brutally.
 * Chapter Summaries ch. 22-42


 * Chapter 23:** Amari is in agony from the whipping as Teenie and Polly try to care for her wounds. Polly and Amari become better friends through the suffering.


 * Chapter 24:** Clay is going gator hunting with some other plantation owner's sons. He decides to use tidbit as bait and bring Amari along to watch in horror. Tidbit made it out of the water alive at the end but not after being the victim of such cruelty.


 * Chapter 25:** Mrs. Derby gave birth to a baby girl but the baby is black and her father is Noah not Mr. Derby.


 * Chapter 26:** Polly, Teenie, and Amari all tried to hide the baby from Mr. Derby who was riding home with the docter and ended up hiding her in Sarah Jane's house. However, when Mr. Derby came home he wanted to see the baby even though they told him she was deformed and died. He was not convinced and insisted he saw the baby which meant there was no way of escaping the truth.


 * Chapter 27:** Polly tried to stop the doctor from coming because he was going to observe the "stillborn" baby. However, she told the doctor to turn around because the baby was healthy and didn't need a doctor catching Polly in a tangle of lies. Mr. Derby found out Noah was the father of the child and came to the slave quarters with a gun where he killed Noah as well as the baby girl in front of Mrs. Derby's eyes.


 * Chapter 28:** Mr. Derby is furious at Teenie, Amari, and Polly for lying to him about the baby so he decides as punishment he is going to sell them all away to harsh owners. Except, Mr. Derby is going to sell Teenie's son tidbit as punishment for her.


 * Chapter 29:** Mr. Derby locked the four of them in the smokehouse until they were ready to leave. Cato the old slave came and gave them advice on their plot to run away. He told them to go south to Fort Mose instead of the North where people would be looking for them.


 * Chapter 30:** The day had come and Tidbit, Polly, and Amari are sent off with the doctor to be sold. Teenie is grief-stricken and cries endlessly.


 * Chapter 31: T**he docter cannot bear to witness the horrors of Slavery any longer and decides to free the slaves on the side of the road. He gives them monery a gun with one bullet and food to help them on their journey then leaves him alone.


 * Chapter 32:** The three wandered through the woods without much direction or purpose. After debate they to head South towards Fort Mose like cato suggested and along the way hushpuppy, tidbit's dog, finds them.


 * Chapter 33:** Tidbit is getting extremely home sick and wants to go back to his mom. They are facing the challenges of finding food and operating with little rest.


 * Chapter 34:** As they are continuing to battle the elements, hushpuppy is gone. As they hid in a gave Hushpuppy returned with a rabit that they ate gratefully.


 * Chapter 35:** The continued to walk through the forest when Clay Derby appeared and caught Amari. As he yelled and slapped her Polly came out of the woods and shot at Clay with the musket stunning him but not killing him. They tied clay up to a tree and watched as a snake approached him ready to attack.


 * Chapter 36:** Polly was walking through the stream when she saw a young boy fishing. He knew they were slaves but he decided to help them because his father was not home and he taken a liking to Polly. He gave them food and reassured that Fort Mose actually exists.


 * Chapter 37:** Hid in a swamp to avoid the boys father that wanted to turn them in. Hid in a shed where they were found by a woman who again luckily didn't turn them in. She had a slave come in to take care of them and it turned out to be Besa! He was brutally beat and missing an eye he had lost all hope not wanting to run away with them which crushed Amari. The lady gave them a wagon and horse to finish there journey.


 * Chapter 38:** They moved extremely fast in the wagon. Met a Spanish soldier on the side of the road. The soldier was good-hearted though and gave them directions for the last leg of their journey.


 * Chapter 39:**They were pulled by the horse across the river which was to wide and dangerous to swim themselves. They had done it they were free.


 * Chapter 40:** Set out to find the small Fort Mose. Amari decides to take Tidbit in a a child of her own now**.** They realized the fort was nothing great with streets of mud but freedom felt better then anything else.


 * Chapter 41:** Walked in and met an old lady named Inez who described the city to them. Runaway men needed to serve in the army against the British. ** C aptain Menendez head of the fort to start the process to grant them citizenship

Chapter 42:** Got accustomed to the fort given a house. Amari finds out she is pregnant with Clay's child. Realizes she will be all right and her baby will be free she glances at that same copper sun one final time.