Malcolm of Louisiana: Slave Blacksmith Who Took Revenge at the Sugar Mill

On a plantation near Baton Rouge, Malcolm Harris, an enslaved blacksmith, worked the sugar mill where countless men had been maimed. One evening, he turned on Samuel Dwyer, the overseer known for his cruelty. By dawn, Dwyer had vanished, and the gears bore a crimson stain. Malcolm disappeared into the swamps, never captured, his story spreading like fire among the enslaved.