Zoe was born into slavery on the Campbell plantation, in New Bern, North Carolina. She had been sold to the Anderson plantation in Portsmouth, Virginia at age 10, away from her mother, Voni, and her kind and gentle owners. Before Zoe had been sold, Mammy Voni had told her about about a place called Canada, where no one could whip her, and no one cared about the color of her skin. "When you step onto this …showed first 75 words of 797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 797 total…lives. She has arranged work for Ben and Lory and Zoe and Meg will live with her." "Mammy Voni!" cried Zoe. "She made it to Canada!" "Indeed she did." relplied Harriet, smiling. "And so will you." Zoe, Meg, Ben, Lory, Voni, the Anderson plantation and the Campbell plantation could have existed, but there is no proof. But Alexander Ross, Levi Coffin, Harriet Tubman and the route that the runaways took were in fact very real.