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		Topic #240	‚~	41
		t~~m Fritehett




This, of course, hurt Uni io very bad he had to t;tcp their puxiishiasnt and never ~ tte~iptad to whip them again. He told then he would eur.I~y put thøn~ i:~:t hi~ pocket ( ~ie11 them) if thty e~r dared to try axithing like that again in life. (A)

	Not so Ion~ after their figJ~t, Chaney ~*s t:iven to a daughter of their mas ter ‚ and her s ister ~s ~iven to another ~au~hter and taken to !~a5saio Cow~t~r, 1T.C. (A)

	: ~ the next farm to the Coffer far~ii, the overeeers wouU

tie tho B1av83 to the ~oißts b~r their huth, ithip them unmorcifully,

then ~a1t their ba~ka ~ ~itke thera very aor‘e . (A)

	•flhon a slave slowed do~ o~i hii~ oor~n hoeing, no ~rMter Lt he were s ick, or jus t vvry tired, h would ~et ~a~i~r lashes ami a salted
back. (A)	~

	One woi~n left the plantation without a pass • The overseer oau~ht her and whipped hex‘ to death . (A)

	~	No slave ~as ever allawsd to look at a book1 for fear he might learn to read. One day the old u~istress caught a ala‘ve boy with a book, she c1~u*sed h1~ and aa]c~d hii~ ~that he ni~ant, and ii~*t he thou~t he could do with a book. She said he looked 1i~e a blac& dog with a breast pua on, and for1~ade him to ever look into a book again. (A)

	All slaves o~t the Cotter planis~tion ~iiere treated ~.n a wet inhumav~ aanner, scarcely hsvin~ cm~ough to eat, unlosa they would steal it, running the ~‘isk of being ~aur‘~ht~ and reoeiviw, a severs beatmr for the theft. (A)

	Mrs • Butler lives with her daughters, I~as worloed very hard iz~