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	Patter—~o11ers were busy~, too) looking up slaves and whipping them for the flimsiest ot excuses. Slaves often outran them to the woods and managed to return to their plantations unobserved. It a pass had a certain hour marked in it, for the slaves return and he failed to return at the de— signated houses, this was an offense for which they were punished by the

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( t patter—rollers . “Yes,‘ remarked Mr . Griffix~fAWe were not even allowed to•

quarrel among ourselves. Our master would quickly tell ~ uè~T~i am the one to fi ~ht) not yoi4“ ~ When a slave visited his relatives on another plantation the master would send a1on~ one or two of his children to make sure they did not attempt to run away.

	Discarded bed clothing was given to slave families on the Griffin Plantation and often it was necessary, to keep a big log fire in the winter, in order to sleep c~ifortab1y. Clothing tor individual needs coesisted of one pair of brogan shoes a year and hciae~uade cotton garments ‚ shirts, ~ pants, dTe8Ses, ~et*~j~ Every person went bare footed in the a~r and saved their one pair of shoes for the winter.

	Food consisting of meal ‚ bacon meat ‚ and syrup was given the slave families once a week. Occasionally “shortfr‘ a second quality of flour was given then ~or their Sunday meals. The Griffins were not liberal in feeding their slaves, but would not object to th~raising a little corn, and a few vegetables. ~~~Jthey had to work their gai~dens at~ï~~by the light of i~iiThii~ wood. Real coffee was an unheard-~of luxury a~ng slayes ~ scorched or corn insel served the purpose just as well. On Christmas ~~rr—~±tftir the master, called each slave and gave him a dran of whiß~ey. ‘Ns- ~

	Tin ‚I5ans served as plates toit the t~iliss • Spoons ‚ b~ives ‚ and forks ~re unheard of “Many a day I have eatn ~aahed bread and milk fr~ a trough and thought it was good~~ remarked Mr. Griffin.