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In some cases punlshnient was rather severe, There was no overseer on this plantation. Only one of~ Mr. Moore ‚ s sous told ~he field hands what to do~‘ when this son went to war it became necessary to hire an overseer. Once he

~. ~	attempted to whip one of the w~uen but when she refused to allow him to ~ip her he never tried to whip any of the others. J~ennie Kenth‘icks‘ husban~, who was also a slave, once told her his master wa~ so mean that he often whipped. his slaves until bbood ren in their shoes.

There was a group of men, known as the “Patter.-Rollers“, whose

duty it was to see that slaves were not allowed tc leave their individual
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plantations without passes whi~h~vYere supposed to receive frOEn their masters.

“A heap of them got whippings for being caught off without these passeÇ/

She stated adding that sometimes a few of them were fortunate enou~ to es~
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9a1~! ~ the Patter~o~“~) She knew of one boy who, after having out

~	run the “Patter~-Rol1ers~‘, pr/ceeded to make fun of them after he was safe

\~ ehind hi s master‘ s fence • Another man wh~om the Patt er-‘Rollers had pur-

sued any number of times but who had always managed to e~cape, was finally

caught one dey and told to pray before be was given his whipping. As he

obeye d he not i ce d that he was not be ing closely observed~ whereupon he made

a break that resulted in his escape froen them again.

~ ~ —~	The treatment on sane of the other plantations was so severe that
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slaves often ran away, ~ennie Kendricks told of one man 1etm~ lashed r:~n away
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but was finally caught. Vh~‘n his master brought him back he was locked in a

room until he could be punished. when the master finally came to a&ainister

\	the whipping, Lazh had cut his own threat in a last effort to eecure btxs t±~ \freed~u. He was not successful; his life was saved by quick action on the ~art of his master. S~netime later after rough handling (tash finally killed h~s master/,~ was burned at the stake for this crime.

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