In this story written by Charles W. Chesnutt is about a man in slavery and the slave owner’s son. One of the characters, Dick, wants to marry a woman named Charity. Charity tells him if he does something heroic she falls in love with him and marries him. He thinks of something to do and he decided to help on the slaves on his father’s plantation. He made a decision to take Tom with him to the North. His father disapproved the idea because he thinks Tom will escape. His father suggests that he take Grandison instead because he is a trustworthy slave. Dick took Grandison to see many things up North and even though he had many attempts to escape he did not do it. He made a plan to have Grandison kidnapped so can make it seem like he helped him escape. He came back to the …show more content…
He was honored as a loyal slave and was promoted to be a house slave. Three weeks later Grandison and his family went missing. Colonel Owens discovered that they have escaped and went looking for them. He was too late when he saw them on a steamboat heading for Canada where they can be free. These acts were to prove that African American slaves can loyal, good, or bad.
Throughout this story Grandison appeared to be loyal and a good slave who is obedient to his master. By proving he did escape and return back to the plantation. With that thought being said by Grandison, colonel beliefs that he is reading him as loyal and good slave. As, Dick continue to send Grandison out on these errands; he was not listening but were giving the lead way to plan his escape. But not knowing that