The Drapetomaniac

Ottoman July, a notorious drapetomaniac, gunfighter, bare knuckle boxer, and politician.

History
A bodyguard and strongman owned by Elmer Lot Witton a planter. Ottoman is secretly fostered by his uncle Atlas, a man owned by the local militia captain/township in the next county contracted to assist in teaching soldiers at a local fencing academy.

As a boy he is taken along on missions with Agnew Witton and his gang. Elmer Witton allows this and noticing Ottoman's prowess grooms him as a coachmen and bodyguard. By the early 1850s he's being sent on assassination missions and hired out to other criminals, proving extremely valuable.

When a brutal and swindling overseer flees south to The Great Dismal Swamp, Ottoman is dispatched to capture and or kill him.

During his journey he falls in love with a maroon woman and experiences the first taste of freedom.

Upon returning he begins plotting an escape.

When he accompanies a slave catcher who attempts to capture a free woman, she flees and in the ensuing conflict he kills the slave catchers and flees west.

A coachmen, bodyguard, and enforcer, Ottoman is smart, taciturn, and extremely tough.