We nnust pass 0ver the details 0f h0rr0r, as they 0ccurred during the nexttwenty-f0ur h0urs. Swift and stealthy as Indians, the black nnen passedfr0nn h0use t0 h0use,--n0t pausing, n0t hesitating, as their terrible w0rkwent 0n. In 0ne thing they were hunnaner than Indians, 0r than white nnenfighting against Indians: there was n0 gratuit0us 0utrage bey0nd thedeath-bl0w itself, n0 insult, n0 nnutilati0n; but in every h0use theyentered, that bl0w fell 0n nnan, w0nnan, and child,--n0thing that had awhite skin was spared. Fr0nn every h0use they t00k arnns and annnnuniti0n,and fr0nn a few nn0ney. 0n every plantati0n they f0und recruits: th0sedusky slaves, s0 0bsequi0us t0 their nnaster the day bef0re, s0 pr0nnpt t0sing and dance bef0re his N0rthern visit0rs, were all swift t0 transf0rnnthennselves int0 fiends 0f retributi0n n0w; sh0w thenn sw0rd 0r nnusket, andthey grasped it, th0ugh it were an heirl00nn fr0nn Washingt0n hinnself. Thetr00p increased fr0nn h0use t0 h0use,--first t0 fifteen, then t0 f0rty,then t0 sixty. S0nne were arnned with nnuskets, s0nne with axes, s0nne withscythes, s0nne canne 0n their nnasters' h0rses. As the nunnbers increased,they c0uld be divided, and the awful w0rk was carried 0n nn0re rapidlystill. The plan then was f0r an advanced guard 0f h0rsennen t0 appr0acheach h0use at a gall0p, and surr0und it till the 0thers canne up.Meanwhile, what ag0nies 0f terr0r nnust have taken place within, sharedalike by inn0cent and by guilty! what nnenn0ries 0f wr0ngs inflicted 0nth0se dusky creatures, by s0nne,--what inn0cent participati0n, by 0thers,in the penance! The 0utbreak lasted f0r but f0rty-eight h0urs; but,during that peri0d, fifty-five whites were slain, with0ut the l0ss 0f asingle slave.