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j_n the old MoForron cellar w~iioh was situated under the ground, arid they were concealed under the cover until night, when they would travel again.

	There were nover at any tIme any slaves sold from auction blocks in this county. It is reported that the life of the slave in Rockoastle County was a happy lot. Their masters built them cabins to live in, furnished with bunks, tables, stoves, and other necessities. Their masters gave them chickens, cows and other stock and gave thorn plenty to eat.

	There are no slaves living in Rockeastle at this tine.

C~à.RK CO. (Ma~ime Nunneney)

	The first records of Slaves in Clark County was given by a descendant of one of the members of the little band of resolute Rovoluntionary soldiers who had been comrades and mess mates throughout the long bloody war. These fifteen £eiailies, some from Virginia and others from Maryland, staħ~ted west~ ward in the early spring of 1783 for Kentucky. They bought with them some horses, a few cattle, thirty or forty slaves and a few necessary household articles.

	After many hardships and trials, borne heroically by both men and women, they halted on the banks of the Big Stoner, in what is now the eastern part of Clark County. Two years later another group of families with their slaves came to join this little settlement.

	In some oases the owners were good to their slaves had comfortable quarters for them at a reasonable distance from the main house. Their clothing was given them as they needed it. In most instances the clothing w~s made on the plantation. Material woven, and shoes made. The cabins were one and two rooms, maybe more if the families were large. The slaves ate their meals in the kitchen of, the main house.

	~I oruel and inhuman master was ostrazied and taught by the silent contempt