ᏭᏂᎷᏣ, ᎠᏂᏄᏓᎴᎩ ᎠᏂᏁᎸ ᏃᎴ ᎠᏂᎱᏣ ᏚᏂᎷᏫᏍᏔᏁᎲ ᏍᎪᎯᏍᏆ ᎢᏰᏆ ᎠᏫᏌᏅ ᎤᏥᎸ ᏃᎴ ᏦᎳ, ᎤᎧᎭᏛ ᏧᏓᏴᎳᏙ ᎢᎦᎦᏓ ᏄᎾᏛᏂᏎ ᎠᏂᎱᏣ.
What they found on arrival was the plantation house of Ridge’s family, hundreds of acres with slaves working vast fields of cotton and tobacco, moving down the rows like the shadow of storm clouds settling over the land.