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not only did the black community respect him as a leader, but he was also the best husband in Frog’s Neck. ” And he ordered Spratley’s movable gun to be shifted far aft. He continued right up toward the headwaters of the Xanga, pausing only long enough to confer quietly with the three headmen and give them presents. And when these two phenomena continued, and indeed accelerated, he became uncomfortable.

“Field hands git to­gether, gonna speak up to the overseer,hopin’ to make things mo’ better, but a house girl warn the mastah they plottin’. ” “You ain’t never been on water, prior?” “Nope. He’ll be a companion while you wait for me in Annapolis. It was called Frog’s Neck and was occupied principally by freed blacks, with a few lean-tos for the slaves who were hired out by the day to businesses in Patamoke.