Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-23

TO cat. II a slave went to an adjoin-
ing plantation for something 10 eat
the reputation OF his master was
damned in that community. On the
whole, however. each plantation was
a little independent state. and one
master was very little disposed TO
interfere with the affairs of another
The account that one gets OF
slavery from the laws that were
passed for the government OF slaves
shows that institution on its worst
side No harsher judgment was ever
passed on slavery. so far as 1 know.
than that which viii be found I'm
the decision OF a Justice OF the Su-
preme Court of North Carolina in
summing up the law in a case i'm
which the relations of master and
slave were defined.
The case j refer TO. which was
tried in 1929. was one In which the
master. who was the defendant. was
indicted for beating his slave The
"eclsion which acquitted him affirm
/ ed the masters right 20 innict anv
/ KIND OF punishment upon his slave
/ snort of death. The grounds upon
which this jud gment was based were
/ that IN the whole history of slavery
there had been no such prosecution
/ OF "a master for furnishing a slave
ana. i'm the words of the decision
against this general opinion i'm fhe
com munity the court could not
II was a mistake. the decision
continued. 90 say that the relations
I OF the master and slave were IKE
those OF parent ami child The
OBJECT of the parent i'm trainfno his
son was Co render him ft 10 live tho
lIe OF free man. and. as a means
TO tnat end. he gave him moral and
. intellectual instruction In the case
OF lne slave it was different There
could Dee no sense iu addressino
moral considerations to a slave
This is a glimpse Of the terrible
truth. that which is so yiyidIv and
eIoquently displayed i'm Harriet
Beecher stoves life's work. Uncle
TOMS Cabin" He says:
mere was very great difference
between Che life OF the slave ON tbo
al'i" plantations in the upIauds and
UPON lue Dig plantations aIonr mo
N''7'9- lo illustrate. the planfaff,,,
upon which Z was born. in Franklin
N'uh't. Virginia. had. as remou,-
.'' only SIX slaves My master ana
'ls SONS dII worked together siFa 49,
ait' with h's slaves. In this way No
@ gre" .,n together. very mucb
.-'' members of one bi. fauu,-
was ho oFersecr. and We GOT
pr N"l" our master and ho to t-no,,
i"' 'l- plantations alone tba|
were usually carried ON upd.r
''I'olion OF am oversocr N.Y.,
ana his family were av.g,.
I'l ~t part of the year por-
s''al relations between tbou, ,.,,,i.,
"'IlIl Doe said to exist
rt... calhoun. South Caro-
greatest statesman 49,,
-"' un on plantation NOT 49,
''u' IioW Che one uDon ,.bf.,
was --ised. One of his biopr.,l,ol,,
relates how Patrick Calhoun Tob,,
Y. 'alhouns father. returning rror,
His legislative duties i'm Cbarfost,,r
drought home Ou n0rsohacI bagf,l
"'N young African FRESHLY, ft,
'V' yea DID, some English or New Emo
-''' vessel Tho children In the
-H'ofnood. and. no doubf SOM,
"i lAc older people. had nevor l..-
."Ie seen "a black man. Ua vr,s a..
u'9' one brought into that nor+ ~,
,l' country. Patrick Calhoun 80,
n'" me name OF Adam Some ff-..
later Poe got for him WHO o.
ui t1r children OF the blacl -
N''Ih. was named SwaDev M
zap oh Che plantation with rohr
'aihoun. and was for ma,,. -
his playmate years
"' conditions of the Negro .l,,,
W. harder on some OF the bfo No.,
.''l"hs do The FAR South tban 49,.
were elsewhere. That re,ior, -.
rDoIied hy an cnterprisinr class 30
,'SohS. OF whom many c9r,, 49,
'E'Aia. bringing their SLAVE 10
The soil was rich. ms ,1a,,.
were making money fast a..
was rough and ,.Dsc,t1l',
80 mere was undoubtedly n 49,,
s.u 20 treat the slaves os ~.
,,',.oI9 ln the production ar 60,
'"'ton, and sugar.
And vet there were pIant,ts,,,.
IN this region where the reIotiC,,
between master and slave seem 80
nave oeen as happy as one could ash,
oI expect under the circumstancos
~" some OF the large estates In Ana
''-i' anu mississippi which were far
removed from the influence OF ~
CITY and sometimes in the midst og
wilderness, master and slaves
frequently lived together un5er go
uI1lohs that We're genuinely patri-
aIchai- But on such plantations
'ncre was. as a rule. no overseer
As an example Of the larpa rt,,
,dtlohs ON which the relations ne
lWeen master and slave we're nor,ooi
ana happy / might mention tbose 80
1ne FORMER President of the Confado-
i"cy. Jefferson Davis and IA,
brother Joseph Davis. I'm Varra,,
county Mississippi
The history OF the Davis for,u,.
ana ana OF the way in which their nisn,
tations the Hurricane" and PRE-
heid' came into existence is ~,
car The ancestors of the Presida -
OF the Confederacy came orieinsIIv
rom rom Wales. They settled frst ~
Georsia' emigrated thence TO Ken
lucky and finally settled in the rto,,
lands OF Mississippi In 1915 Tosach
Jaws who was at that time = ~,