The Letter Writer
“News from the outside came to us, from the post carrier, the newspapers, the slave grapevine, and Emaline, who, true to her word, came to supper one night with her husband. Was it proper to entertain so soon after such a tragedy? There were no rules in the books for it. There were no books for it in the first place.
What would they say? It is advisable, socially, to wait at least a month to serve beef and roasted potatoes and peas from the garden after your brother has had the top of his head s...lashed off as the result of a slave revolt.
"That Nat Turner hasn't been captured yet," Emaline told us. "They had him for a couple of hours at the Black Head Sign Post, but he got away. Someone saw him at the Travis place, and the Isle of Wight County Militia went after him, but he was nowhere to be found." I shivered. We were having dessert.
"It's fearful that he's still out there somewhere, isn't it?" she asked.
"I have my dogs," I told her. "And now all the male negroes on this place know how to use a gun." "You know what they are saying about Turner's uprising?" she asked me.MoreLess
What would they say? It is advisable, socially, to wait at least a month to serve beef and roasted potatoes and peas from the garden after your brother has had the top of his head s...lashed off as the result of a slave revolt.
"That Nat Turner hasn't been captured yet," Emaline told us. "They had him for a couple of hours at the Black Head Sign Post, but he got away. Someone saw him at the Travis place, and the Isle of Wight County Militia went after him, but he was nowhere to be found." I shivered. We were having dessert.
"It's fearful that he's still out there somewhere, isn't it?" she asked.
"I have my dogs," I told her. "And now all the male negroes on this place know how to use a gun." "You know what they are saying about Turner's uprising?" she asked me.MoreLess
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