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merciful. He made her get up off her knees and dance, old as she was. Of course de old soul couldn‘t dance but he just made her hop around anyhow.

	De slave owners in de county where I was raised..- de well-to. do ones I mean, did not abuse de slaves like de pore trash and other slave holders did. Of course dey whipped ‘em plenty when dey dithi‘t suit. But dey kind. of taken care of ‘em to sell. Dey had a great slave market dere dat didn‘t do nothing but sell slaves, and if dey wanted a good. price for dem de slave would have to be In a purty good condition. Dat‘s what saved dere hides. My owners had a stock farm and raised de finest stock in Kentucky. Dey didn‘t raise any cotton at all, but dey shore did raise tine wheat, barley and corn, just acres and acres of it. De worse lashing our slaves ever got was when dey got caught away from home without a pass. Dey got whipped hot and heavy den.

	In Arkansas many of de slave owners would tie dere slaves to a wagon and. gallop ‘em all over town and would dey be banged up. I saw a‘ strange niggali come to town once and didn‘t know where he