English10 Class

John, was a slave in the 1800s. He ran away to the north where he was free and learned to read and write. Then he figured that it wasn't right the way that they were treating slaves in the south, so he decided to go back and see how he can help them free, by teaching them how to read and write. John didn't plan on getting caught, but, he did get caught. That was not enough to stop john from teaching young african american womens and mens to read and write. He got caught in the farm own by a white man, and in there he met a little girl called "Sarny". John thaught Sarny how to read and write, but the white mens wouldn't aloud the black mens to learn the white mens' language "English". So, John only came out at night so the white mens won't see him teaching english to the kids, and thats how he got his nickname "NightJohn", which is the title of the book. Sarny' s mom did not agree with this.