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Show 22 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. place of both hou ·ckccpcr and waiti1:g ~1aid to her t m1· t rc:s. • 11c ,va , in fact ' at the bcguunug and end of every thing. ~Ir . Flint, like n1any southern won1cn, \\~as totally dcflcicn t in energy. She had not strength to "U per. intend her household affairs; but her ucrvcs were so stroncr that she could sit in her ca y ch air ancl sec a wo1n~: whipped, till the blood trickle~ fron1 every stroke of the lash. She ·was a n1cn1bcr ol the church; but partaking of the Lord's supper . did not .scorn to put her in a Chri ·tian fran1c of 11111HL If c:1nncr ·wa. not served at the exact ti1nc on that part1cnlar Sunday, he would station hcr:clf in the kitchen, and ·wait till it wa uishcd, an<l thou ~pit in all the k ettles and pan· that had been used for cooking. ~ 1hc did thi · to prevent the cook and her ch ihlren fron1 eking out their rucagrc fare with tho rotnain · of' the gr~ vy and oLhcr ·crapiug . The ·laYcs could o~ct nothing to cat except what she cho. c to give thcn1. ProYisions were weighed out by the pound and ounce, three tin1cs a day. I can assure you she gave th01n no chance to cat wheat bread froln h er flour barrel. She know how rnany bi cuits a quart of floHr would 1nakc, and exactly what size they ought to be. Dr. Fliut wa · an epicure. The cook never sent a dinner to his table ·without fear and trcn1bling; for if there happened. to be a eli h not to his likiug, he would either order her to be whipped, or cotnpel her to cat every lllOUthful of it in his prCSOllCC. rrhc poor, hungry creature tni gl1 t not haYc ohjcctcd to eating it; b ut she did object to baYing her rnasLcr cnun it do\Yn her throat till she choked. They had a pet dog, that was a nuisance in the house. The New Mafier and Mifirefs. 23 The cook \Vas ordered to 1nakc sotnc Indian mush for hi1n. lie r cfu.-cd to cat, aud \vhcn hi · head was held over it, the froth flowed. fron1 his 1nou th juto the basin. lie died a few 1ninutc after. \Yh n Dr. Flint can1e iu, he said the rnu ·h had uot been \VCll cooked, and that ·was the rca"on the auin1al would not cat it. lie sent for the cook, and cornpcllcd her to cat it. lie thought that the \Voman's sto1nach \Vas .'trongcr than the dog's; but h r sufferings aftcrwaru ~ proved that he was mistaken. Thi: poor \VOinan endured 1nany crueltics from her n1a. ·ter and 1nistrcss ; on1ctin1cs she ·was locked up, a·way frorn her nursing baby, for a \vhole day and night. "\Vhcn I hau been in the fan1ily a few ·weeks, one of the plantation slaves was brought to to·wn, by order of his master. It was n car night ·when he arrived, and Dr. Flint ordered hirn to be taken to Lhe \York hon~c , and tied up to the joist, so that hi· feet \Vould jn ·t escape the ground. In that situation he \Va · to w·ait till the doctor had taken his tea. I shallncYcr forget that nio·ht. Never lY'forc, in rny life, had I heard hundreds of l>low: fall, in succe.-sion, on a hnn1an being. Ilis piteous groan ·, and J1i~ "0, pray don't, n1a: ·a," rang in n1y car for 1nonths afterwards. There \Verc 1nany conjectures as to the cause of this terrible punishn1cnt. 10inc said n1a"tcr accused hi1n of stealing corn; others sai<l the slave had (putrrellecl with ltis wife, iu presence of the overseer, an<l had accused his master of being the father of her child. They ·were both Llack, and the child. wa: very fair. I went into the work house next 1norning, and sa\V the cowhide still ·wet '\vith bloou, and the boar<ls all covered. \vi th gore. The poor n1an li vcd, anu continued to quarrel ·with his \Vife. .1\. fe\V 1nonths after- |