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to whip them.

	Mr. John Branch was •onsidei‘ed one of the meanest slave owners in Green County, and the Negroes on his plantation were

~~_~_8 running~~.Jiother.. slave owner know~for his cruelty

~was Colonel Galloway, who had a slave named Jesse who ran away

f an~ stayed 7 years • He dug a cave in the ground and mMe

j fairly comfortable li ving quarters . Other s lave s. who no longer

I could stanil Col. Calloway‘s cruelty, would join him. Jesse

I visited. his id~fe, Lettie, two and three times a week at night.

I Col. Calloway could never verify this, but became suspicions

~	when Jesse‘s wife gave birth to two children who were the exact

I duplicate of Jesse. When he openly accused her of knowing

I Jesse‘s whereabonts, she denied the charges, pretending she had

;: not seen him since the day he left.

When the war ended., Jesse came to his old master and told.

him he had been living right on the plantation for ~ie past 7

I years. Col. Calloway was astonished.; he showed. no ~ger toward. Jesse, however, but loaned him a horse arid wagon to move his

L~!~~~od. s from the cave to hi s home .
	There were some owners who ma&e their slaves steal goods ~ and hide it Ofl theirs. They were punished.

by their master, however, if they were caught.
	Frolics were hSld on the Willis p1ant~tion as often as desired. It was customary to invite slaves from adjoining p1an~ tations, but if they ittended. withoat securing a pass from tk~ir master, the ~patterrollera“ could. not bother them so long as they were on theWillis plantation. On the way ho~, however, they were often caught and beaten.
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Ex—slave‘s opinion of sLavery