Edda Fields-Black

And they should follow him to the woods and hide.

And Minus Hamilton basically says, everybody went the other way.

I was going to the boat.

They really only had the clothing on their backs.

He had a pair of pants and a shirt, and she only had just a single frock and a head tie.

He laments that his two blankets, which are the only two things that he feels he can call his own, his two blankets are in the slave cabin and he has to leave them behind.

So as you can imagine, Minus Hamilton and his wife are elderly.

He was likely one of the oldest people on these Cumbie rice plantations.

So as they're moving to the boat, people are coming up behind them and telling them to hurry.

People are telling them that the Confederates are coming.

She tells him to come on, right?

Come on, come plenty on.

We're going to the boat.

We're not worried about the Confederates here.

And Minus Hamilton laughs and says, Lord, Master, I didn't care nothing at all.

I was going to the boat.

You know, I and he is like, I'm not looking back.

I don't care.

I'm leaving this all behind and I am going to freedom.

It strikes me as presumptuous.