The Civil War by Brooks D. Simpson

Author:Brooks D. Simpson [Simpson, Brooks D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781598532616
Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2013-03-22T19:22:00+00:00

THE COLORED PEOPLE.

The colored people were pursued with special malignity, but they knew the character of their old masters so well that they all ran who could, at the first alarm. Few, comparatively, were killed, therefore. Most of the killed were the old and decrepid, who could not run. Old Uncle Frank, as he was called, was about ninety years old. He was born in “Old Virginia.” He said when he first came to Lawrence, “When I was a slave I pray de Lord to let me go some whar so as I could tend meetins all I wanted to. And now de Lord has answered my prayer.” He was a short, heavy set man, lame with “rheumatiz,” and compelled to hobble round on his cane. Still he would work, getting a job of chopping at one place and a job of hoeing at another. In this way, he earned what little his simple habits required. He always worked faithfully and did his work well, though slow. When the rebels came he was unable to escape. He was seen and shot. He fell and was left for dead. After a while, when he thought himself unobserved, he got up and endeavored to escape. Some of the rebels seeing him, dashed upon him and killed him.

“Uncle Henry” was another decrepid old negro. He hid in a barn, and was killed, and burned up in the building. Old man Stonestreet was a Baptist preacher among the colored people. He was about sixty. He also was killed, as was Mr. Ellis, another old man of about sixty. Anthony Oldham was another preacher and a man of fine character and of great influence. He was shot in his own door in the presence of his daughter.

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