Unnamed Self-Emancipated Negroes 1

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2019-08-04 10:33
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Unnamed Self-Emancipated Negroes 1
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Unnamed Self-Emancipated Negroes 1
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The first set of former slaves who appear in "Raid" and again in The Unvanquished are on the road, trying to catch up with the Union Army as it moves across Mississippi. During the day these groups are 'seen' only as "a big dust cloud" on the road (39); at night they can be heard passing by, "the feet hurrying and a kind of panting murmur" (40).

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