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Virgil Simpson was a runaway slave of Colonel Burns that young Eliza Simpson unsuccessfully attempted to help escape through the underground railroad.

When Lisa was researching the history of the Simpson family for a school project, she found the diary of Eliza Simpson. Reading the diary, Lisa saw that Eliza went to rescue a slave from Colonel Burns, who turned out to be Virgil Simpson. Eliza told Virgil that she was there to rescue him and take him north, pointing in the direction she thought was north. Virgil told her, "I don't think so," and when Eliza complained, asking if it was because she was young and a woman, Virgil told her it was because she was pointing south. Virgil and Eliza then ran off in the correct direction while being chased by two patrollers.

Unfortunately for Lisa, the diary crumbled to dust after this part of the story. After going to the Springfield Library, Lisa and Marge were given a cookbook by Mabel Simpson, the mother of Eliza, called Mabel's Table: A Cookbook. In the footnotes of one of the recipes, Mabel continued the story, which Eliza had told her. Eliza and Virgil couldn't outrun the patrollers, who were on horses, so they went to a traveling circus where they joined as temporary acts. Virgil became a clown, and Eliza became a bearded lady. Eventually, they managed to make it back to Eliza's house. Eliza's father, Hiram, was initially against the idea of having an escaped slave stay with them but agreed when Virgil baked him "wheel cakes." In the present, Lisa was happy that it turned out Eliza had successfully rescued Virgil...

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"The Color Yellow" is the thirteenth episode of season 21 of The Simpsons and the four hundred fifty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 21, 2010. The episode was written by Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Raymond S. Persi. It guest stars Wren T. Brown as Virgil Simpson.

When researching her family tree for someone who isn't a total boob or criminal, Lisa finds the 1860 diary of Eliza Simpson, a young girl who was in the Underground Railroad and tried to help a slave escape to Canada, but a diary by one of Milhouse's ancestors casts doubt on just what Eliza accomplished...

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Mabel Simpson was the great-great-great-grandmother of Homer Simpson. Mabel's first husband was Hiram Simpson (with whom she had one child, Eliza), and her second husband was Virgil (with whom she had another child, Abraham).

After freeing Virgil from slavery at Colonel Burns' Mansion, Eliza took him back to her house so he could hide out. Mabel was supportive of Eliza, but Hiram was initially against keeping him. After trying some of Virgil's "wheel cakes," Hiram vowed to keep him safe. However, Colonel Burns found where Virgil was hiding out. Colonel Burns bribed Hiram with a "pleasant surprise" to tell him where Virgil was, while Eliza kept quiet. This surprise turned out to be a pair of new shoes. Hiram told Burns that Virgil was in the turnip shed, but when he got there, he found Mabel pointing a shotgun at him. Mabel and Virgil then ran off together to go to Canada...

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"You defied your husband for me? Man, this is the sixties."
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