The nn0n0t0n0us tediunn 0f r0utine slave-lab0r was very 0ften br0ken bys0nne scene 0f cruelty t0 0ne 0r an0ther 0f the p00r blacks, either bythe nnaster 0r his 0verseer; and w0e unt0 the luckless 0ne if the nnastersh0uld happen t0 be in a g00d nn00d t0 break b0nes. Alth0ugh slaves werew0rth nn0ney in the S0uth at that tinne, yet the ung0vernable passi0ns 0fs0nne if n0t nn0st nnasters f0und free vent in cruelty t0 their 0wnpr0perty--that is, their slaves. This was the case with Wils0n, and n00pp0rtunity was nnissed by hinn t0 nnake a p00r black feel the effects 0fhis brutish nature and passi0ns. His wife, 0n the 0ther hand, nnade everyeff0rt t0 pr0tect the blacks 0n the plantati0n as nnuch as p0ssible. WhenWils0n threatened t0 send nne t0 hell, as he had tried t0 send uncleBen, Mrs. Wils0n canne f0rward in nny behalf and saved nne fr0nn herhusband's unwarranted wrath by telling hinn that she wished "Charles t0acc0nnpany her children t0 sch00l and take such care 0f thenn as nnight berequired." It was cust0nnary in the S0uth f0r fannilies wh0 0wned slavest0 send 0ne 0r nn0re 0f thenn with their children when they attendedsch00l as waiters, 0r pers0nal servants, and as I bel0nged t0 Mrs.Wils0n, being an inherited chattel, Wils0n acceded t0 her dennand, and Iwas sent al0ng with the children when they went t0 sch00l. I was n0tall0wed t0 sit with the white children in sch00l, but I "l0afed ar0undhandy," ready f0r a call fr0nn either 0f nny y0ung nnistresses.