4.	53
	.	Sla•ve Sales

	Itg,~v. ~ 5e~~ slaves sold$ Good God, ~n$ I have seed theta sold in dvoves~ I have worn a buck and gag in n~r ~nouth for three days for trying to run aimy. I oou:Ldn‘t eat nor drink‘s-couldn‘t even catch the slobber that

feu frost i~ mouth and um down i~w~ chest till the flies settled on it and blowed it. ‘Souse me but jus‘ look at these places. (she pulled open her ‘waist and showed soars where the n~ggots had eaten ins-ed.)


Whippings

	“I been w‘nipped from sum~p bill sundown. Off end on, you know. They ‘whip ~ till they got tired and then they go and rec‘ and oo~e out and starb again They kept a bowl filled with vinegar and salt and pepper settint rLee.rby, azid when they had ‘whipped me till the blood oœ~, they would take the n~p and sponge the cubs i~.th this stuff so that they would hurb ~re. They would ~ihip me with the oowhids parb of the t~ and with biroh epro~rbs the other parb. There were splinters long as ~ finger left in ~ backs A girl named Betty Jones oc~e over and soaped the splinters éo that they would be softer and pulled them out. They didU‘t whip me with a bull whipi they whipped me with a cowhide. They jus‘ ‘whipped me ‚ oau.• they oo~ild—‘ cause they had the privileg.. it uasn‘t ItOthin~ I donsj they jus‘ ivhipped n~ iiarried yotmg miter, Joe, and his vitfe, Jemiie they was the ones that did the whipping. But I belonged to Miss Eve]~yn.

	“They had so iimi~r babies t~om~d there I oouldn‘t keep up with all of then. I ~ae jus‘ a yçm~g girl and I oouldn‘t keep track of all then ohilen.

While I was turnd to on, the other would get off. Wh~ I looked for that one, another would be gone. Then they would whip me all day for it. They would ~whip you for anything and wouldn‘t give you a bite of meat to at to save your life, but they‘ d grease your mouth when oœnpen~‘ ocmè.