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Show 74- .d . the Life of a Slave Girl. Inc1 ents 1n 1 ll(}rcd UlOl'C 1a . 1l OS. 'Vhcn his o'vn labo. r served a. rn. 1 . 1 had tolcn ~ od to appca. ·c lns was stolen fron.l Hln, 10 . '" 1 o· • 1'hi .. was hi. crnne. HllloCl. ·. r ni. . Wade. 1\t no hour .1\llothcr nci<b'·htor ''as a J .u'. . 1. r the la ·h on her of the day was there ccssatton o . (. 1 1, •. l)ecrm1 with the dawn, and chd rcnri. cs. IIcr auOI n ' b .. 1 P . 1 ftcr· nio·h tf·tll The barn was 10r t ease t1ll oncr a b ( • no c < • b Th rc she la ·hod tho articular place of torture. p . . o·l t of a lUftl1. 1.\ll old ,·lave of hers slaves w1Lh the H1lr 1 • . 'P . . " It i hell in ll1lSSIS hou c. ems once satd to 111 ' ' . I ~ T t r ,, t t D'l,V uncl 111(rht pra) o c 10. I can nc-rcr gc ou · · (. J b . ,. ,, 1·cforc the ol<l \von1an, and, when The nH nLrc~: o1cu u . . t 1 1 or husband not to pornut any one dy1ng, entrca cc 1 (. \. 1 1 1 t l k On her after <loath. J s ave \V 10 of her · aves o oo (. . . had nur.·cd h r children, and had still a. c1ulc1 in her .. watched her chance, ancl ·tole Wl th it in her car c' l l . t R h c arms to the roonl where lay her c cal rnr . r c. s. ~ l ] "lc on her then rai~ctl her ll::tnd an<1 ucalt gaze<. a w n ' . . ,, 1'1 two blows on her face, ·aylng, a she <hd so,. le devil is got you now ! " he forgot that the eluld was I oo 1n ·n g on. he ha<- d J·ust bcob· un to talk ; an<1 sh. e said to her father, " I ditl co tna., an<l n1an1n1y. <.hd t ·1 a s n \.C lll t , 0 , " ..· t1·i1r\. incbr h er O\Yll face \Vith h er lit.t le hand. The 1na tor was startled. lie conl<1 not Im-agine how the nur ·c could obtain accc,· · to the room where the corp ·c lay; for he kept the door locked. He questioned her. She confc~soc1 that \vhat the chilu had said was true, and tolu how ·he bad procurcu the key. She ·was olu to Georgia. In 1ny childhood I knew a Yalual>lc ·lase, named Charity, and lo-rcd her, as all chilurcn diu. IIer young mistress married, and took her to Louisiana. Her ... >I .. Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders. 7 5 little boy, J a1no. , \vas sold to a good sort of n1astcr. He bcc~:unc in vol vod in debt, and J an1es \Y£1.' , old again to a ·wea1Lhy lavoholcler , noted for hi: cruelty. \Vith thi · 1nan he grc\v up to 1nanhood, receiving the trcatn1cnt of a dog. Aft r a severo \Vhipping, to ·ave hi1nsclf fron1 further infliction of the la. h, with which he was threatened, he took to the \voods. IJ c wa · in a rno t 1ui.-cral)lc condition- cut by the cow ·kin, half nak ccl~ half .tarYod, and without the n1cans of procuring a cru. t of bread. o1nc \vcck. after his escape, he \\'a,· captured, tiec1, and carried back to his nutst 'r 's plantation. This man con ·iclcrod puui ·lunont in his jail, on broad and water, after r ccoiYillg bundrccls of la.·h e~, too n1ild for the poor slave's offence. Th rcfor he clccidcd, after the over ocr ·houlcl have ·whipp ~d hi1n to hi · sati - faction, to have hi.n1 placocl between the scrc·w · of the cotton gin, to tay a· long a: he had 1>< en in the \roo<ls. This wretched creature \nv cuL with the whip frotn hi head to his feet, then \Va ·h ell wiLh Lrong brine, to prevent the fi sh fron1 n1orLi fying, and 1nakc iL heal sooner than it othcrwj~c \vould. l-Ie ,,.a · then put into the cotton o·in, which \\'a.· ~ 'l' wed clown, nly allowing hin1 roon1 to tn rn on his side when he could not lie on his back. E\' ry 111orn ing a slave \ras sent with a piece of brcaa and bowl of wnLer, which were placed within reach of the poor fello\v. The slave was charged , un d cr p nnlt.y of se,· rc puni~:;lunen t, not to . ·peak to hi 111. Four days pa ~~;P <1, <t1Hl the ~:laYc ·o1liiuurd to rarry the bread and watt·r. On tlH· s~'eo lld n1orniug, ho funnel the broad o·one bu L t 10 \r~Lcr untouched. LJ ' |