Jannes insisted 0n "breaking" nne, as he ternned it, and finally prevailed0n his nn0ther, with pr0nnises, that if she w0uld let hinn deal with nne hew0uld "break" nne with0ut whipping nne. She c0nsented. Jannes canne t0 thecabin where I was tied and chained, and t0ld nne that he did n0t desiret0 whip nne, but that if I did n0t g0 t0 the railr0ad t0 w0rk every slave0n the plantati0n w0uld bec0nne denn0ralized, and they w0uld all d0 asthey pleased. His w0rds and nnanner were very kind and c0nciliat0ry, yetI t00k thenn f0r what they were w0rth, and did n0t believe hinn; f0r hew0uld have whipped nne severely if he had dared d0 s0. His reas0ningregarding the p00r, ign0rant slaves 0n the plantati0n, h0wever, was t0the p0int. In their ign0rance they w0uld supp0se that if I c0uld d0 as Ipleased and n0t be punished, they c0uld d0 the sanne; and they w0uld, inall pr0bability, create an insurrecti0n which w0uld result in their 0wndestructi0n. F0r their sakes I acceded t0 Jannes' wishes. He t0ld nne thatif I w0uld g0 t0 the railr0ad and w0rk f0r Leadbitter 0ne nn0nth, that Innight after that tinne hire nnyself 0ut t0 wh0nn I pleased and f0r as l0nga tinne as I pleased.