Htinry 431aM, ez~siavi.
	The slaves on ~ is plantation were gr~at believers in roots and tt~eir va~lues in txie use of oonjurix~g people.

	Mr. 3]a~d doesn‘t remember iver ae.tx~g anyins .034 by Mr. ~oxton, but b kaard ~ t on other nearby plantations slaves were pl~oed on an suction block and sold i1k€~ Cattle.

	None of th~ ~iavos were e‘vsr inipped or b~tsn by Jar. ~o~ton or by anyone sise. ir a rule ~s broken the oftendsr wc~s ~a]J~ed before Mr. ~ozton when be was t&1~d to. in some OSSU a whjpting was ~romie.d and that ended the matter. The “Paddle Rollers“

~b1r~ped the slavea trom other plantations w~ien they wsre oaught oft or taelr pr&itec~s ~ithout a “pass“ but this was never tkio e~ae v~n a slave belonging to ~r. Cozton broke this rule. ~r. 3LSLfld r~n~ibers th .t onoO he and acne of lite fsll~ claies were ~ay fr~i home wjth3ut a ~ ehen they esre seen by the “PaddLe Ro1lers~‘ who started €~tter thee. h~n they were rsoognlzid as belonging to i~. Coxton one or th (Paddis itollers) said: “Don‘t bother thai; th~ t‘a tb~ i‘a‘~“~tre. niggers.“ The PaddLe ~ollsz‘s were not allowed to ~œio on the ~oxton plantation to wbip bis a1i~ yes or $fl7 other oniœ“s slaves who happened to be Yiatttn~ at the time. Mr. Coxton r.quirsd

trLt they all be on the pla~ntat1ou by n1ghtZ~ll.
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	: The above seems to ~o x~ttior conclusive proor or ~. c~t~‘. influ~os in the

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	~J ~enever a slave oor~u1tted a crime ei~ainst the ~tets, hi8 master us~]ly had to

•~aj for the d817i~~ dOX1~ or ~y the slAve‘s fj~. It sas tzi~n up to ~iim to see that t:~e orrend.r wee t,unished.

	Mr. Coxton onoe ~w ~ii~ (Mr. ßlaM) beat anotiier slave(Eio was a guest at e f~: .:lja) when tnis visitor att~m~ted to draw a pi8tol on 4*. Mr. i~land was uphe34 i.r~ ~.i9 action and told by i~r. Coxton t~t ho bad better a1‘~ays tight bask w~n

~	~j3ne struck ~ wIietbt~r the t,~‘son *~s white ox‘ bla ak. Further, it hs (Mr. ~ozton)

k.‘ ~ r~ ot ~ie not t‘ighting back a et~tt~pin~ ~ould be in store for ~iz.