Slave Interview ~		Page 4	~
Viola B. Muse	~	FEC	‚
Jacksonville, Florida. .	.


lie or rim away and. . “be eure and git all dem weeds outen dat corn In de field and yot~ master will think a heap of you.“ Charles does not remember anything else the preacher told them about God. They learned more about God whén they eat outside ~the oh~irch waiting to drive their mastere and family back home.

~	Charles relates an incident of a slave named Sambo who thought himself very smart and who courted the favor ~of the master. The neighboring slavee screamed so loudly while being whipped that Sanibo told his master that he knew how to make a contraption which, if a Blave waa put into whÏ~e being whipped would prevent him from ~iaking a no i se • The devi ce waa made of two blocks of wood cut to fit the head and could be fastened around the neck tightly. When the head WaB put in ~the upper and lower parta were clamped together around the neck so that the slave could not ‚ scream, The same effect se choking. The atomach of the victim was placed over a barrel which allowed freedom of movement • Then the lash was administered and thè slave wiggled, the barrel moved.

	Now it so happened that Sambo was the first to be put intohis own invention for a whipping. The overseer applied the lash ratherheavi].y~and Sambo was compelled to wiggle his body to relieve his feelings. In wiggling the barrel under his stomach rolled a bit straining Sanibo‘s neck and breaking it. After Sambo died from his neck being broken the master discontinued. the use of the device, aehe saw the lose of property.in the death of slaves.