CAS WR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Coromantee
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The parha(cid:373)ites easily fi(cid:374)d the sla(cid:448)es" trail, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)ell (cid:272)leared (cid:271)y the hu(cid:374)dreds of runaways. Caesar soo(cid:374) realizes he is (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g pursued, a(cid:374)d he adopts a (cid:862)posture of defe(cid:374)se. (cid:863) the (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) and children file to the back and the men come forward. The sla(cid:448)es do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)aste ti(cid:373)e tryi(cid:374)g to (cid:862)parley(cid:863) (cid:449)ith the e(cid:374)glish instead they begin fighting immediately, guerilla style. Despite caesar"s pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al defe(cid:374)se strategies, the sla(cid:448)es are (cid:271)asi(cid:272)ally sitti(cid:374)g du(cid:272)ks. There are too many of them, and the english search party is too close on their heels for them to run and hide. Fighting is their best and only option to escape. Seeing their husbands being hurt and people dying all around, the enslaved women become frightened. Whe(cid:374) the e(cid:374)glish (cid:272)ry out, (cid:862)yield a(cid:374)d li(cid:448)e, yield a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e pardo(cid:374)ed,(cid:863) (cid:449)i(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) rush i(cid:374)to the fray and cling to their husbands and fathers, urging them to yield and leave the fighting to.
