Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-12

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1chite man before. He said he once had
dog, when he lived on another planta-
ton, that was very useful to him in hunt
inc runaway negroes. He said that
slave on the plantation once ran away; as
soon rs he found the course he took, he
put the dog on the track. and he soon came
so close upon him that the man had 10
climb tree; he followed with his gun,
and brought the slave home.
The slaves have great dread of being
sold and carried south. 1t is generally
said, and have no doubt of Its truth, that
they are much worse treated farther south.
The following are few among the
many facts related to me while | lived
among the Shareholders The names of
the planters and plantations, / shall not
give, as they did not come under my oaon
ObservdtiOn /, however, place the fullest
confidence in their truth.
A planter not far from Mr.. Swans en-
ployed an overseer, to whom he paid S4OO
ayeaT; he became dissatisfied with him,
because he did not drive the slaves hard
enough, and Get more work out of them.
he therefore sent to South Carolina or
Georgia, and got man to whom he paid
believe $500 year. He proved TO be
cruel fellow. and drove the slaves almost
TO death. There was slave on this plant
alton, who had repeatedly run away, and
had been severely, fogged every time
The last time he was caught, hole was
dug in the ground, and he buried I'D to
The chin, his arms being secured down by
his sides. He was kept in this situation
four or five days.
The following was told me by an init
mate friend it took place on a plantation
containing about one hundred slaves
One day the owner ordered the women
into the barn, he then went in among
them, whip in hand, and told them he
meant to fog them all 10 death they be-
gan Immediately TO cry out, What have
done, NASSAU What have done Mas
say He replied: Damn you, will let
you know what you have DONE YOU don't
breed, | haven't had young one from ar,y
OF you for several months Thew told
HIM they could not breed while they had
to work in the rice bitches. (The, rice
grounds are low and marshy, and have to
be drained, and while digging or clearing
the bitches, the women had to work in
mud and water from one to two feet in
depth; they were obliged to draw I'M and
secure their frocks about their waist. 10
Keep them out of the water, in this man.
ner they frequently had to work from day-
light In the morning till it was, SO dark
they could see no longer.) After swear
ing and threatening for some time, he told
them 70 tell the oyerseer,s wife when ti,ev
got 10 that way, and he would put them
upon the land 10 work.
This same planter had q female slave
who was . member OF the Methodist
Church. for q slave she was intelligent
and Conscientious He proposed'a Grim
inal intercourse with her. She would NOT
comply. He LEFT her and sent for the
overseer, and told him to have her Aoo.
ged. L was done. Not long after, he
renewed his proposal. She again refused.
She'was again whipped. He then told
her why she had been twice flogged, and
told her he intended to whip her TIL she
should yield. The girl. seeing that her
case was hopeless, her back smartinr with
the scourging she had received, and dread.
ing repetition, gave herself up to be- the
victim OF his brutal lusls.
One OF the slaves on another plantation.
gave birth to child which lived but two
or three weeks. After its death, the plant
er called the woman to him, and asked
her how she came 10 let the child die:
said it was all owing to her carelessness.
and that he meant TO fog her for it. She
told him with all the feeling of mother,
the circumstances of its death. But her
story availed her nothing against the saw
age brutality of her master. She was Sc
verely whipped. A healthy child four
months old was then considered worth
: 500 in North Carolina.
The foregoing facts were related to me
by white persons OF character and resuect-
ability. The following fact was related
to me on plantation where l have spent
considerable time and where the punish
ment was inflicted. have no doubt oil
ITS truth. A slave ran away from his
master, and got as far as Newburn. He
took provisions that lasted him week
but having eaten ali, he went to house
70 get something to satisfy his hunger. A
white man suspecting him to be a run
away, demanded his pass; as be had none,
ne was seized and put ia Newburn Jail.
He was there advertised. his description
given, &c. His master saw the adver-
tisemenl and sent for him; when he was
brought back, his wrists were tied together
and drawn over his knees. A stick was
then passed over his arms and under his
knees, and he secured in this manner. his
trowsers were then stripped down, and he
turned over on his side, and severely beat.
en- with the paddle, then turned over and
severely beaten on the other side. and