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Master Fucks Runaway
Tom ran the bow over the strings of the fiddle. The field slave’s instrument produced music with a quick tempo and a lively tone. There was much dancing, laughter, and drinking happening on the Duckworth Plantation in South Carolina. The master’s oldest daughter, Ann, had just wed a free man of color, Hubert Maynor. The crowd was going wild.The Duckworth Plantation was owned by one Columbus Duckworth. He had been born to a slave mother in 1816. It was understood by most everyone within a...