(set: $life_points to 10)
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<img src="http://timetravelfieldtrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/01-time-travel-machine-e1467299189569.png"/>
Today you'll be traveling back in time into a very dangerous situation. You'll be making life-and-death decisions. There are many possible pathways, but only one leads to success. The rest lead to suffering and death.
While you can play this game alone, it's so much more fun to play on a team. That way you can work together to make the best possible choices.
Two things to know:
1. You only have 10 life points. If you get to zero, I'm afraid you're dead. Be careful!
2. Everything in this game - including the maps, situations, and consequences - is real. It all actually happened to someone.
Are you ready to get into the time machine and take your chances?
The people who make it out alive...win!
[[Click here to travel back in time |Time Travel]]
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You've arrived in May, 1863. The Civil War has been going for two years now.
<img src="http://timetravelfieldtrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/civil-war-split-map-web.png"/>
The red states are all part of the Confederate States of America. They've left the United States to form their own country.
Everything else is still part of the United States, otherwise known as the Union.
All the northern states, other than the border states, do not allow slavery.
The Confederate States of America still has slavery, which allows them to run huge plantations.
The Union is fighting to keep the entire United States together, and not allow the Confederate States to form their own country.
Ready to risk your life?
[[Click here for your life and death decision |Your life and death decision]]
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(set: $life_points to 10)
(set: $life_points_desc to "You are healthy.")
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You are a black slave on a plantation in Virginia, and the Union army is headed your way. It is the middle of the Civil War - May 1863. With Lincoln’s [[Emancipation Proclamation]], everything has changed. If you can escape the plantation and enroll in the Union army, you can fight for freedom.
Life as a soldier, particularly as a black man, will be full of hardship and danger, but joining the army will allow you to fight for the freedom of your children and future generations. However, escaping the plantation will not be easy, and the punishment, if you are caught, may be severe. Even if you make it to the army, your wife and children on the plantation might be punished in your stead.
What will you do?
Choice one:
[[Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[//More information about choice one//|Risks of plantation]]
Choice two:
[[Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]
[[//More information about choice two//|Risks of army]]
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Ready to roll the dice and see what happens to you?
Choose odds or evens.
[[Evens|(either: "Life on plantation","Impressed into service")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Life on plantation","Impressed into service")]]
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Ready to roll the dice and see what happens to you?
Choose odds or evens.
[[Evens|(either: "Captured","Reach army")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Captured","Reach army")]]
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You make it safely to the Union lines. Congratulations!
//Gain 2 life points.//
(set: $life_points = $life_points + 2)
//You now have $life_points life points.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
Now you just have to come through battle, disease, poor pay, and ill treatment. However, you are happy to be fighting for freedom for yourself and your family.
<img src = "http://timetravelfieldtrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dice_red-copy-e1467299085465.png">
Roll the dice to see what happens to you!
[[Evens|(either: "Less money","Hard labor", "Family punished")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Less money","Hard labor", "Family punished")]]
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You stay on the plantation. As more and more white men join the Confederate Army, slave patrols dwindle and discipline is relaxed a bit. Life is still hard, and the war brings shortages of goods and food, but you can stay with your family.
//Lose 1 life point due to food shortages.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 1)
//You have (print: $life_points) life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 0)[ What do you want to do now?
[[Stay on plantation|Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[Try to escape|Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]
]
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You are pressed into service by the Confederate Engineer Bureau. You are forced to build the walls and trenches that defend Richmond, Petersburg, Saltville, and Lynchburg. You have to leave behind your wife, who has to carry the burden of field labor with the other female slaves. Life is hard for you and your family.
//Lose 4 life points.// (set: $life_points to $life_points - 4)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 0)[ **What do you want to do now?**
[[Stay on plantation|Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[Try to escape|Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]]
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You are captured escaping. Slaves are valuable, and plantation owners put a lot of resources towards preventing escapes.
Roll the dice to see what happens to you.
[[Evens|(either: "Beaten","Family suffers","Ears cut off")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Beaten","Family suffers", "Ears cut off")]]
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You've been whipped in front of the other slaves to discourage you from future escape attempts, and to set an example for the others. You are sore and bloody.
//Lose 3 life points.//
(set: $life_points = $life_points-3)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 1)[ What do you want to do now?
[[Stay on plantation|Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[Try to escape again|Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]
]
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I’m sorry to tell you that your family suffers because you tried to escape. Your wife was cruelly beaten to discourage you from future escape attempts.
//Lose 3 life points because you are so upset.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 3)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 1)[ What do you want to do now?
[[Stay on plantation|Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[Try to escape again|Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]
]
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I'm very sorry to tell you this, but as a punishment for trying to escape, your ears are cut off. In this age before antibiotics, your wounds become infected. Fever and delirium sets in, and unfortunately, you die.
(set: $life_points to 0)
Do you want to start over again?
[[Try again|Your life and death decision]]
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Institutional prejudice means that you get paid $10 a month, with a $3 clothing allowance taken out, leaving you with only $7 a month. Your white comrades, by contrast, are paid $13 per month, with no money charged for clothing.
//Life is hard for a Black soldier in the Union Army. Lose 1 life point.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 1)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
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(if: $life_points > 1)[ You're about to go into battle. Roll the dice to see what happens next.
[[Evens|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy","Killed in battle")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy", "Killed in battle")]]]
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While white soldiers battle, drill, and rest, you are given 8-10 hours a day of fatigue duty – hard labor digging trenches, building roads, and unloading supplies. This leaves you with little time for battle drills, and little energy for fighting.
//You are exhausted. Lose 3 life points.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 3)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
<img src = "http://timetravelfieldtrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dice_red-copy-e1467299085465.png">
(if: $life_points > 1)[ You're about to go into battle. Roll the dice to see what happens next.
[[Evens|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy","Killed in battle")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy", "Killed in battle")]]]
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I’m sorry to tell you that your family suffers because you left. Not only does your wife have to cope with little money and no help, she is cruelly beaten as a punishment for your escape.
//Lose 2 life points.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 2)
//You have $life_points life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 1)[ You're about to go into battle. Roll the dice to see what happens next.
[[Evens|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy","Killed in battle")]]
[[Odds|(either: "Survive","Captured by enemy", "Killed in battle")]]]
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Congratulations! Not only have you overcome all the dangers and obstacles, you have served with distinction. They're awarding you the Medal of Honor!
//Gain 6 life points.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points + 6)
//You have $life_points life points! Well done!//
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]
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I'm afraid you've been captured by the Confederate Army. Although officially you are supposed to be treated the same as white Union soldiers, often that's not what really happens.
Roll the dice to see what happens to you.
[[Evens|(either:"Sent back", "Killed as prisoner")]]
[[Odds|(either:"Sent back", "Killed as prisoner")]]
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Weak, exhausted, and badly trained, I'm afraid you've been killed in battle.
(set: $life_points to 0)
Do you want to start over again?
[[Try again|Your life and death decision]]
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I'm afraid you've been sent back to the plantation.
//Lose 3 life points.//
(set: $life_points to $life_points - 3)
//You have (print: $life_points) life points left.//
{
(if: $life_points > 6)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Despite everything, your health is good.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 3)[(set: $life_points_desc to "Things are getting hard.")(print: $life_points_desc)]
(elseif: $life_points > 0)[(set: $life_points_desc to "You're struggling to survive.")(print: $life_points_desc)]}
(else: $life_points < 1)[I'm afraid you've died.
[[Start over?|Your life and death decision]]]
(if: $life_points > 1)[ What do you want to do now?
[[Stay on plantation|Stay on the plantation and try to protect your family.]]
[[Try to escape again|Escape and join the Union army. Fight for freedom for your people and the chance to earn citizenship.]]
]
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Against all the rules of warfare, the Confederate officer who captured you killed all the black prisoners.
I'm afraid you've died.
(set: $life_points to 0)
Do you want to start over again?
[[Try again|Your life and death decision]]
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<img src="http://timetravelfieldtrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hith-lincoln-slavery-emancipation-E.jpg"/>
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863. It said that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free forever from their slavery if the Union Army won the war.
Although slaves in the border states and in areas already controlled by the Union were not included in the Proclamation, it was still a symbol of hope for many that their children and grandchildren had the hope of freedom if the Union won.
[[Back|Your life and death decision]]
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Life as a slave on a Virginia plantation is neither pleasant nor safe. However, trying to escape and join the army is even riskier. If you stay, you can help your wife and children in the dangerous times ahead.
Why make life harder than it already is to fight for the Union, which doesn’t even recognize you as a citizen?
[[Back|Your life and death decision]]
While escape is both difficult and dangerous, and life in the army may even be worse, this is your best chance for freedom. As things are now, you, your children, and your children's children will always be slaves, with no control over your own lives. You'll be treated like property with no rights or protections forever.
If the Union wins, however, you and all those future generations will be free. Isn't that worth fighting for? Someday, if you help the Union win and prove your mettle, you may even be a full citizen of the United States of America.
The Union Army needs your help. What if you stay at home instead of helping out, and the Union loses? You'll have lost your best - and maybe your only - chance at freedom.
[[Back|Your life and death decision]]