Slaves. in ~iad1son County	3 ~
Carl boone

for breakfast. When the eggs were served, it was discovered there were eleven eggs on the table and after being questioned, shé admitted that she had eaten one. ~or this, she was beaten mercilessly, which was a common sight on that plantation.

	T~ most terrible treatment of any slave, is told by my father in a story of a slave on a neighboring plantation, owned by Daniel Thompson. “After committing a small wrong, ~aster Thompson became angry, tied his slave to a whippihg post and beat 11L.m terribly. Mrs. ~hompson begged hIm to quit whipping, saying, ‘you might kill him,‘ and the x~aster replied that he aimed ~o kill him. He then tied the slave behind a horse and dragged hirn over a fifty acre field until the slave was dead. As a punishment for this terrible deed, master Thompson was compelled to witness the execution of his own son, one year later. The story is as follows:

	A neighbor to ~r. ~hompson, a slave owner by name of Kay Van-. Cleve, had been having some trouble with one of his young male slaves, and had promised the slave a whipping. Th6 slave was a powerful man and Mr. Van Cleve was afraid to undertake the job of whipping him alone. ~e called for help from his neighbors, Daniel Thompson and his son DØ~9ld. The slave, while the Thompsons were coming, concealed himself in a horse-stall in the barn and hi~ a large knife in the manger.

	After the arrival of the Thompsons, they and Mr. Van Cleve entered the stall in the barn. Together, the three white men made a grab for the slave, when the slave suddenly made a lunge at the elder Mr. Thompson with the knife, but missed h1rc~ and stabbed Donald Thompson,

	The slave was overpowered and tied~ but too late, young Donald
was dead.	~