Randall Kenan’s story “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead” is a story about the origins of a town called Tearshirt which is now known as Tim’s Creek and a mound that’s located in the town. The story starts with a slave named Pharaoh and through his set of skills he could convince his master Senator Owen Cross to give him a high position within his plantation. Pharaoh took advantage of his position to learn the land and smuggle weapons to other slaves within the plantation and one day they revolted leaving a trail of death and destruction. Pharaoh and the other slaves all went into hiding in the swamps and formed a town where other runaway slaves could live in peace. Eventually Pharaoh passed away and a Preacher arrived in town and quickly earned
