The others who fled did so either before their arrest, or after their indictment but before being called for trial.
At this juncture everybody fled, looking for refuge in the towns.
Many sons of the professional upper middle class fled the feminizing conventions of domesticity to seek adventure in the empire.
Most fled in terror or hid in the foul muck.
Rumors abounded : black teachers had fled ; black schools were closed ; black maids had quit the homes of white people.
Shut out and denied, this violence fled in two directions: into the future, and into the landscape.
Moreover, individual workers, despite their debts and contractual obligations, often fled the plantation districts.
They expected that those who fled would be unemployed and dependent on soup kitchens.
