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One
of
his
companions
then
stepped
forward
,
swearing
if
I
made
the
least
resistance
he
would
break
my
head
--
he
would
tear
me
limb
from
limb
--
he
would
cut
my
black
throat
--
and
giving
wide
scope
to
other
similar
expressions
.
Perceiving
any
importunity
altogether
vain
,
I
crossed
my
hands
,
submitting
humbly
to
whatever
disposition
they
might
please
to
make
of
me
.
Thereupon
Tibeats
tied
my
wrists
,
drawing
the
rope
around
them
with
his
utmost
strength
.
Then
he
bound
my
ankles
in
the
same
manner
.
In
the
meantime
the
other
two
had
slipped
a
cord
within
my
elbows
,
running
it
across
my
back
,
and
tying
it
firmly
.
It
was
utterly
impossible
to
move
hand
or
foot
.
With
a
remaining
piece
of
rope
Tibeats
made
an
awkward
noose
,
and
placed
it
about
my
neck
.
"
Now
,
then
,
"
inquired
one
of
Tibeats
'
companions
,
"
where
shall
we
hang
the
nigger
?
"
One
proposed
such
a
limb
,
extending
from
the
body
of
a
peach
tree
,
near
the
spot
where
we
were
standing
.
His
comrade
objected
to
it
,
alleging
it
would
break
,
and
proposed
another
.
Finally
they
fixed
upon
the
latter
.
During
this
conversation
,
and
all
the
time
they
were
binding
me
,
I
uttered
not
a
word
.
Overseer
Chapin
,
during
the
progress
of
the
scene
,
was
walking
hastily
back
and
forth
on
the
piazza
.
Rachel
was
crying
by
the
kitchen
door
,
and
Mrs.
Chapin
was
still
looking
from
the
window
.
Hope
died
within
my
heart
.
Surely
my
time
had
come
.
I
should
never
behold
the
light
of
another
day
--
never
behold
the
faces
of
my
children
--
the
sweet
anticipation
I
had
cherished
with
such
fondness
.
I
should
that
hour
struggle
through
the
fearful
agonies
of
death
!
None
would
mourn
for
me
--
none
revenge
me
.
Soon
my
form
would
be
mouldering
in
that
distant
soil
,
or
,
perhaps
,
be
cast
to
the
slimy
reptiles
that
filled
the
stagnant
waters
of
the
bayou
!
Tears
flowed
down
my
cheeks
,
but
they
only
afforded
a
subject
of
insulting
comment
for
my
executioners
.
At
length
,
as
they
were
dragging
me
towards
the
tree
,
Chapin
,
who
had
momentarily
disappeared
from
the
piazza
,
came
out
of
the
house
and
walked
towards
us
.
He
had
a
pistol
in
each
hand
,
and
as
near
as
I
can
now
recall
to
mind
,
spoke
in
a
firm
,
determined
manner
,
as
follows
:
"
Gentlemen
,
I
have
a
few
words
to
say
.
You
had
better
listen
to
them
.
Whoever
moves
that
slave
another
foot
from
where
he
stands
is
a
dead
man
.
In
the
first
place
,
he
does
not
deserve
this
treatment
.
It
is
a
shame
to
murder
him
in
this
manner
.
I
never
knew
a
more
faithful
boy
than
Platt
.
You
,
Tibeats
,
are
in
the
fault
yourself
.
You
are
pretty
much
of
a
scoundrel
,
and
I
know
it
,
and
you
richly
deserve
the
flogging
you
have
received
.
In
the
next
place
,
I
have
been
overseer
on
this
plantation
seven
years
,
and
,
in
the
absence
of
William
Ford
,
am
master
here
.
My
duty
is
to
protect
his
interests
,
and
that
duty
I
shall
perform
.
You
are
not
responsible
--
you
are
a
worthless
fellow
.
Ford
holds
a
mortgage
on
Platt
of
four
hundred
dollars
.
If
you
hang
him
he
loses
his
debt
.
Until
that
is
canceled
you
have
no
right
to
take
his
life
.
You
have
no
right
to
take
it
any
way
.
There
is
a
law
for
the
slave
as
well
as
for
the
white
man
.
You
are
no
better
than
a
murderer
.
"
As
for
you
,
"
addressing
Cook
and
Ramsay
,
a
couple
of
overseers
from
neighboring
plantations
,
"
as
for
you
--
begone
!
If
you
have
any
regard
for
your
own
safety
,
I
say
,
begone
.
"
Cook
and
Ramsay
,
without
a
further
word
,
mounted
their
horses
and
rode
away
.
Tibeats
,
in
a
few
minutes
,
evidently
in
fear
,
and
overawed
by
the
decided
tone
of
Chapin
,
sneaked
off
like
a
coward
,
as
he
was
,
and
mounting
his
horse
,
followed
his
companions
.
I
remained
standing
where
I
was
,
still
bound
,
with
the
rope
around
my
neck
.
As
soon
as
they
were
gone
,
Chapin
called
Rachel
,
ordering
her
to
run
to
the
field
,
and
tell
Lawson
to
hurry
to
the
house
without
delay
,
and
bring
the
brown
mule
with
him
,
an
animal
much
prized
for
its
unusual
fleetness
.
Presently
the
boy
appeared
.
