Log Questions #1

Patrick Darling

ENGW 1101

2-7-16

     Kelly is a slave owner and a drunk who is keeping Pardee, an old white man, prisoner. He is also trying to get(stake) Pardee's land. "'He's straight out been aiming on my land since we got here,' Pardee said. 'That's why you calling me a Yank, ya leech!'"(McBride 61) 

     The Red Shirts are the band of pro-slaves from South Missouri. It appears that Kelly is their leader since they are all following his orders, "Kelly eaved them to silence..." (McBride 62) and they were all following his wagon, "up over the dip, came an open-back wagon driven by a Negro.....around the curve behind him, a posse of sixteen red-shirts on horses in columns of twos appeared." (McBride 58).

     Nigger Bob is Kelly's wagon driver and slave. "Nigger Bob was a hardy, tall, fit Negro, not more than twenty-five, setting atop the driver's bench om the wagon."(McBride 62).