On May 7, 1864, a Union Army recruiter named James Ayers rode onto a plantation ten miles outside of Huntsville, Alabama, and into a field where twenty-seven slaves were gathering corn. “Whose farm is this,” Ayers asked.
“Master Eldridges, sir.”
“Is that his house yonder?”
“Yes, massa.”
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