Rachel had never heard him talk of running. He just slipped away. For a whole day, the plantation felt different. The boundary walls looked weaker, and the cane no longer seemed to tower over their heads. Men and women stood up straighter. Something sparkled in their eyes. The overseer and the foremen saw it and they feared it, were even freer with the whip than usual. White and Black alike felt like the world could change—until Atlas was dragged
