![]() “What’s that about?” Samantha asks about the man and woman with hands tied and ropes around their necks. “They’re pulling people, black people, with ropes.” He is smaller and doesn’t communicate authority like the first rider who rides like a proud general who has just conquered new territory. The right side of his face disfigured by something like a horse kick. A black brimmed hat sits on the head of the second rider. ![]() His scowling demeanor communicates that he doesn’t care what they think. His long-pointed beard is striking, and his large green eyes glare at the porch observers. The first man wears a white, brimmed hat, dark brown vest under a black jacket. ![]() Two white men on horses come down the street. (Newly arrived from Scotland due to a shipwreck, The Reverend Charles Stuart and Samantha Stuart sit on the front porch of Claire McFadden's house in Kilmarnock, Virginia on November 4, 1849.) ![]()
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