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Viola B. Muee	~	~	~EO	~
Jacksonville ‚ ~ Florida


	.	Irene says, one day a crowd of women were hoeing in the field and. the overseer rode along and struck one o~ the women• across the back with the whip, and the one neareat her spoke and said, tha‘~ i~ he ever struck her like that, it would be the day he or~ she ~u1d dte. The over seer heard the remark and the ~ first op— portunity he got, he rode by the woman and. struck her with the whip and started to ride on. The woman iae hoeing at the time, she

whirled around, struck the overaeer on lits head with the hoe, knock«
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Ing him from his horse, Bhe then pounced upon hia and chopped his

head off. She went mad. for a few seconds and proceeded to chop and mutilate his body; that done to her satisfaction, she then killed hie horse. She then‘calmly went to tell the mas~~r of the murder, saying “I‘ve done killed de overseer.“ the master replied—1Do you mean to say you‘ ye killed the overeeer7 „ she answer ed ye s ‚ ‚ and. that she had. killed thehoree also, Without hesitating, the master point~. Ing to one of his small cabine on the plantation aaid-~ ~You see that house over there?“ ehe answered yes— at the same time looking— ‘Well said he, take all your belongings and move into that house and you are free from ~ thi e day and if the mi stress wants you to do anything for her, do it if you want to.‘ Irene related with much warmth the effect that incident had upon the future treatment of the slaves.

	The other incident ocoured in Virginia. It was upoii an occasion when Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was visiting in Richmond. A woman elaveowner had one of her slaves whipped in the presence of Mrs. Lin—