Ben pats Rit on shoulder and exits. Araminta Harriet Ross. I'll keep you as safe as I can. Maybe you'll be someone who will make a difference. They look meaningfully at the slaves as if to see if they are working.
Slaves roll eyes at each other.
They begin singing first song again as they slowly exit, picking as they go. It was not unusual for slave owners to allow their slaves to be hired by other people for a few weeks or months at a time. To order the complete script, please see the information above. This is an abridged version of the information in the full script. Thomas Jefferson, our 3rd president and the writer of the Declaration of Independence, originally included a paragraph that called for all men to be free.