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D.	slaves ~on].d~ pick a heap of cotton ~& work till late on moonshining nights.

	Dem was a white post in front of my door with ropes to tie the 8laves to whip dem. Dey used a plain strap, another one with holes in it, and. onedey call de eat wid. nine tails which was a number of straps plated. and. d.e ends unpiated.. Dey would whip de slaves wid. a wide strap wid. holes in it an&~d.e holes wo~ild make blisters. Den d.ey wo‘uI& take de cat wid. nine tails and. barst d.e blisters and. den r~xb d.e sores wid. turpentine an&red. pepper.

	I never saw any slaves auctioned. off b~xt I seen dem pass our house chained. together on de way to be sold., including both men aM ~men wid. babies aU chained to each o ther. Dare was no churches for slaves ‚ but at nights dey *OUld. slip off and git in d.±tches and. sing and. pray, an& when dey wo~ild sometimes be cat&ght at it dey would. be whipped.. Some of de slaves wo‘121d. turn down big pots and. put dere head.s in dem and. pray. My Mistress would tel]. me to be a good obed.ient slave and. I ~uld go to heaven. When slaves would attempt to run off dey would catch d.em and. chain d.em and. fetch ~ em back and whip d.em before dey was turned. loo se again. .

	De patroller. ioulA. go about in de cpiarters at nights to see if any of d.e slaves was out or slipped off. As we sleep on de dirt floors on pellets, de patrollere ~uld walk all over and. on us and. if we even grant

~ d.ey would. whip us. De only trouble between d.e whites and. blacks on our

plantation was when d.e overseer tied. my mother to whip her and. ~y father

untied. her and. d.e overseer shot and. killed. him.

Negroes never was allowed~ to git sick, and. when &.y ~oul& look someihat•
sick, d.e overseer would. give &em some blUe-mass piUs and. oil of some sort