What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear. What brother man and brother Christian must suffer, cannot be told us, even in our secret chamber, it so harrows up the soul. And yet, O my country, these things are done under the shadow of thy laws! O Christ, thy church sees them almost in silence! — Harriet Beecher Stowe reflecting on the Castleman Trial Three Men but Two Lives with One Fate With more in common than being dependable, poor, black Virginians, Earnest Baugh and William Ball would have but one fate. The two men likely never knew each other, but as nearly all blacks from the state of Virginia they were accustomed to provide services to white employers. However, in contrast to generations past, they would expect to be paid for their labour. Alas, in their final run, Earnest and William, like their earlier slave ancestors, would not be. And then there were the Castlemans ... The Good, All-American Charles Tyson Castleman Charles …show more content…
became involved in the ferry business, leaving the name of Castleman's Ferry on the Shenandoah River. The Castlemans became very wealthy farmers and entrepreneurs over a 100 sq km area encompassing the state border by Charles Town. Charles Tyson (Tyson was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother) was born into to this privileged family by his father, John Saunders (b 1852) and mother, Pauline (b 1864, née Dawson and previously divorced) and moved with the family to Leesburg Va at an early age. After high school, Charles studied at U of Virginia starting in 1923. There he became involved in track and field, especially on the relay team (with times as fast as 3:19.6, for the 4 x 400 m winning the US Championship. Eventually Charles became captain), and elite honorary groups in the university such as the Phi, Kappa, Psi fraternity, a group dedicated to advancing the ideals of the University, the German Club and the