Elijah of Buxton (Summary 3)

Elijah was offered by the Preacher to the carnival owner as "Ahbo," and said that he's  last surviving person of the African Chocote tribe, and that he has no parents. He said that  Ahbo's father was the king of the Chochotes. He also claimed that Elijah learned his craft by killing giant Bama bees that attack in ten.

MaWee was a child who worked with the conjurer before Samuel had been hired. a black child who is feeling scare that Elijah may take his jobs as the target of Madame Sabarr's grapes. Roberts had felt that the people of Buxton would not like seeing a black child get hit with grapes and temporarily hired the white child instead. MaWee was bought by "Massa" Charles, the carnival's owner. He tells Elijah about the horrid living.

Emma Collins was been mentioned in the story many times was the second free-born child in the Settlement.When Flapjack talk slowly Elijah saw that the people hiding in the woods, since they have realized that when this happens the people are so scare that it will takes a gentle child to bring them out of the woods. When the slaves come out from hiding Elijah's father make fun of the man who is afraid to believe they have actually made it to Buxton. The family screams and wails and hugs when they realize they have made it to freedom. there is a woman, a baby, a boy and girl, and a father. Their emotion makes Emma to cry.

Buxton Liberty Bell is a gift from Philadelphia to Elijah. The bell is part of a special ritual that takes place when newly free runaways reach the town. The bell is rung twenty times for each person and each one climbs the rope and places their left hand on the bell. When the bell rings everyone in the settlement stops what they are doing and comes to the schoolhouse to welcome the new people and to decide who will help them with what. Elijah's father send his speech to the new family and assuring them that this is the most beautiful day ever now that they have reached freedom.