Reading Log #2

Reading Log #2

In The Good Lord Bird when Henry first escapes from John Brown and is trying to find his way back to Dutch Henry's Tavern he hears a horse coming down the path, so he hides behind bushes and trees. As he is waiting there and small group of Red Shirts are on the carriage driven by Nigger Bob. The Red Shirts are the pro-slavers trying to find and kill John Brown and keep slavery in the South. While Henry was hiding in the bush they the carriage stopped in front of where he was hiding and Officer Kelly was trying to make Pardee read and sign papers that he couldn't understand. They then asked Nigger Bob to read, who was a moderately educated man, but he lied and said he didn't know how to read. 

 

When they rode off, Henry heard the carriage break down and only Nigger Bob was there trying to fix it. Henry offered to help if he was able to get a ride to Dutch Henry's. At first Nigger Bob didn't want to give him a ride, but then Henry mentioned how he has been running with John Brown. Nigger Bob has heard of Old John Brown and grew envious of Henry and wanted to be saved by John Brown, and questioned why Henry ran away. After Henry explained why he ran away, Nigger Bob still didn't understand why he ran away, so they went to Bob's cousin to get some answers. When Bob's cousin told them where John Brown was they headed towards the camp and Henry returned to camp with John Brown and his sons along with Nigger Bob.