• In Canada, Elijah was allowed to go to school. He went to a school in Colchester for black children, where he learned to read and write. But Elijah’s interest was in machines and how they worked.
• Elijah’s parents noticed his love for machines so they sent him to a school in Scotland when he was sixteen.
• While he was away, the Civil War started. When it finally ended, Elijah could live anywhere in America.
• (The Real McCoy) By: Wendy Towle