Jeremiah of Natchez: Slave Who Burned the Cotton Bales and Disappeared Into the Smoke
In 1834, Jeremiah Carter, enslaved on a plantation outside Natchez, worked the night shift guarding the cotton harvest. One night, a fire swept through the storage yard, consuming hundreds of bales. When the ashes cooled, Jeremiah was gone. Locals said a man-shaped shadow rose from the flames and walked toward the river, vanishing into the fog.
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