Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-02-13

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ira labor on these days is compensated:
and the women take half Of Saturday
Ito wash. So. l.@ s.if .z =
H. Tie ovcrscer$ work under Written
instructions. With some honorable
exceptions they are .npprinciplcd tcl.
lows generally from Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tcnncsec-with rare c1cep.
lions from the North. Their amalya-
nation tendencies are rrov.rbial:tlicse
are discountcnanccd, and therefore
the gentry are discharged when con-
! Ivictcd, ebatto sceorfl the fact il due t9R
been killcdsby .jcalousinegrocs. adl
The negroes hero are called, coal
black, molattc, quadrooM, and chestnut
color, the latter being the choice; for
hartlihood, the first name taking the
next rank. The handsome female
pnadroons very often pass into the
lestatc of mistrcsses of the. icoarscr
sort Of Creole planters. As such they
! arc :,vowel anil respected ~ the plan
: talion il. many eases. But all acts OF
this sort are as severely rcErchendcd
and are rs much under ban of social
condcmnation, as arc similar offences
at the North. Of this am convinced.
The negro quarters is anegro jubilee.
They never seem so tired but they arc
READY to sing and dance..ps'Thc field
appears such = delight to- tho m, that
Ordinarily t,,is difficult to- keep then,
away; except when quite ,ilf This /
attribute who'll TIC 8 ]: yIi0pathy
i The punishment Of tic negro IS
logging. with 4 barrow buck skin lash,
or paddle; they do not permit any
tebrasiom of the skin. Masters admit
appcals fromthc overecer, and decides
them, when the negro thiaks lie should
not be punished and this proceeding
lis had before execution of sentence.
But, when the master disscnts from,
this agent, lie pretends to agree with
the latter aud calls l,imse|fin that ca G,
J: security to the ovcrsccr for the future
good behavior Of the negro.
! In no way is the black suffered to
see that he has an advantage over the
white man. Well, this is = necessity
in such . system. When the negro
feels that his punishment is deserved,
he contesses the justice Of the decree,
and goes off rs well satisfied, and with
as lit,'s n.olig in his heart. as doc.
IN offender before the law who is forced
to concetlc it~ justice. Far, otherwi.e
when t"ully dealt BY; aud hence the
master 10 most cautious about admins.
ing punishment. This caution is alike
enforced Ivy conscience and policy.
! These negroes dress we'll on holi.
days and Sabbaths. But few OF field
women have not silk dress, and a
nice one; and the good manners and
neat appearance OF the collected dar.
kies, at such times, could DC initiated
to advantage 10y many white rssembla.
= gct. 90 as
: The louse servants arc like the
locu.ts Of Egypt Tie Average on the
we'll to dopIaNtations isgabout ten, 70 a
family Of i've white persans.g They
I. SIRE good cooks and excclie tlchainbef-
maids and waiting maids whsr,
watched. Tho scsose hliSn ii ia1,us ex,
ccption 10 this last re...ar,, Tic
ncg:o seems TO lie fond Of fare horses:
ycthc will steal them out aud ride
i. them at night numerically. 7o'ts
The privileges Of tltc negro are nu,
mcrous. Unrestricted by the existing
patrol, they g. at night smorg their
fellows where they r'lcasc, from plan
tation 10 plantation, using their mas.
tcr's horses. And holiday occasions
!. [especially on Christmas tLey have
grand blow;outs, dinners, balls, &c.
|; \ planter friend Of mine told me that
he dined last Christmas. on his plan
tation at Concordia, with fifteen hun.
, tlrcd Of them. s.laf5-
Speaking Of the law Of the slave
States, with regard to negroes, it is
but fair to sum up with the remark
that it goes OH the ground that the
master has right to the sercices and
, not to the perso,, Of the slave, and here
1T differs utterly from the Roman in.
, sti'ution. Chastity is pcualty protract
ed, wherever the evidence can be got
, lat, as much 90. as for white women;
but it is difficult often to prove a rape
> case against a white man. -
The neg.oe lies and steals with
great shrcwdncss. TIE organ Of mar.
|vcilous invention is astonishing. They
out lie Jack FalstaH in ludicrous
Ingenuity. In fact, on 4 disputed point
you can never believe the avcrac re at
them. This is constitutional. lie is
insolent on the slightest provocation,
except TO his master and family, and
brutal to his fellows. They seem to
have no sort Of sympathy, one for the
other, but to glory in opportunities to
get each other punished; and, when
trnstcdswith pow raover-ssach other,
they most un,ncrcifullysal,usc it. And
i yet none are better or kiader nurses
ito the sick whites, none more tcrdcr
proud, or fond of White sShil1renj:
none moro deIotssE toz yo,,n z nastsrk
and mistresses 6eless, the
devotion is q tl ] - 8 o, q Ihey
appear to hayp 20 of;l @ sentiments,
to,,l