Autobiography Including Also Reminiscences of Slave Life Recollections of the
Autobiography Including Also Reminiscences of Slave Life Recollections of the
James Lindsay From Old Catalog Smith
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" As soon as I struck the Virginia wharf, the words of the aged colored doctor came vividly to my mind, who told me my future des- 102 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES L. SMITH. tiny: " that in the course of time I would return to my native land. " Sure enough, I had returned after thirty years' absence. A day or two after I had made my escape from slav- ery, Thomas Langsdon, supposing that the old doctor was accessory to my running away, fell on the man and beat him in a brutal manner, most shocking to ...be- hold. The doctor never recovered from his injuries ; being a free man he did not have any one to intercede for him. After I had been home a few days I inquired after the doctor and found, to my great sorrow, that he had gone to his long home, where no foe nor hostile bands will ever enter its peaceful inclosure. In my re- peated visits to Heathsville, I observed but little im- provement since the great rebellion ; there have been but few houses built for the last thirty years. The condition of the colored people is improving very fast, for many of them are buying lands and building, and thus preparing homes for themselves.
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