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Peter
Tanner
endeavored
to
impress
upon
me
the
idea
that
he
was
quite
severe
,
though
I
could
perceive
there
was
a
vein
of
good
humor
in
the
old
fellow
,
after
all
.
"
You
're
the
nigger
,
"
he
said
to
me
on
my
arrival
--
"
You
're
the
nigger
that
flogged
your
master
,
eh
?
You
're
the
nigger
that
kicks
,
and
holds
carpenter
Tibeats
by
the
leg
,
and
wallops
him
,
are
ye
?
I
'd
like
to
see
you
hold
me
by
the
leg
--
I
should
.
You
're
a
'
portant
character
--
you
're
a
great
nigger
--
very
remarkable
nigger
,
ai
n't
ye
?
I
'd
lash
you
--
I
'd
take
the
tantrums
out
of
ye
.
Jest
take
hold
of
my
leg
,
if
you
please
.
None
of
your
pranks
here
,
my
boy
,
remember
that
.
Now
go
to
work
,
you
kickin
'
rascal
,
"
concluded
Peter
Tanner
,
unable
to
suppress
a
half-comical
grin
at
his
own
wit
and
sarcasm
.
After
listening
to
this
salutation
,
I
was
taken
charge
of
by
Myers
,
and
labored
under
his
direction
for
a
month
,
to
his
and
my
own
satisfaction
.
Like
William
Ford
,
his
brother-in-law
,
Tanner
was
in
the
habit
of
reading
the
Bible
to
his
slaves
on
the
Sabbath
,
but
in
a
somewhat
different
spirit
.
He
was
an
impressive
commentator
on
the
New
Testament
.
The
first
Sunday
after
my
coming
to
the
plantation
,
he
called
them
together
,
and
began
to
read
the
twelfth
chapter
of
Luke
.
When
he
came
to
the
47th
verse
,
he
looked
deliberately
around
him
,
and
continued
--
"
And
that
servant
which
knew
his
lord
's
will
,
"
--
here
he
paused
,
looking
around
more
deliberately
than
before
,
and
again
proceeded
--
"
which
knew
his
lord
's
will
,
and
prepared
not
himself
"
--
here
was
another
pause
--
"
prepared
not
himself
,
neither
did
according
to
his
will
,
shall
be
beaten
with
many
stripes
.
"
"
D'ye
hear
that
?
"
demanded
Peter
,
emphatically
.
"
Stripes
,
"
he
repeated
,
slowly
and
distinctly
,
taking
off
his
spectacles
,
preparatory
to
making
a
few
remarks
.
"
That
nigger
that
do
n't
take
care
--
that
do
n't
obey
his
lord
--
that
's
his
master
--
d'ye
see
?
--
that
'
ere
nigger
shall
be
beaten
with
many
stripes
.
Now
,
'm
any
'
signifies
a
great
many
--
forty
,
a
hundred
,
a
hundred
and
fifty
lashes
.
That
's
Scripter
!
"
and
so
Peter
continued
to
elucidate
the
subject
for
a
great
length
of
time
,
much
to
the
edification
of
his
sable
audience
.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
exercises
,
calling
up
three
of
his
slaves
,
Warner
,
Will
and
Major
,
he
cried
out
to
me
--
"
Here
,
Platt
,
you
held
Tibeats
by
the
legs
;
now
I
'll
see
if
you
can
hold
these
rascals
in
the
same
way
,
till
I
get
back
from
meetin
'
.
"
Thereupon
he
ordered
them
to
the
stocks
--
a
common
thing
on
plantations
in
the
Red
River
country
.
The
stocks
are
formed
of
two
planks
,
the
lower
one
made
fast
at
the
ends
to
two
short
posts
,
driven
firmly
into
the
ground
.
At
regular
distances
half
circles
are
cut
in
the
upper
edge
.
The
other
plank
is
fastened
to
one
of
the
posts
by
a
hinge
,
so
that
it
can
be
opened
or
shut
down
,
in
the
same
manner
as
the
blade
of
a
pocket-knife
is
shut
or
opened
.
In
the
lower
edge
of
the
upper
plank
corresponding
half
circles
are
also
cut
,
so
that
when
they
close
,
a
row
of
holes
is
formed
large
enough
to
admit
a
negro
's
leg
above
the
ankle
,
but
not
large
enough
to
enable
him
to
draw
out
his
foot
.
The
other
end
of
the
upper
plank
,
opposite
the
hinge
,
is
fastened
to
its
post
by
lock
and
key
.
The
slave
is
made
to
sit
upon
the
ground
,
when
the
uppermost
plank
is
elevated
,
his
legs
,
just
above
the
ankles
,
placed
in
the
sub-half
circles
,
and
shutting
it
down
again
,
and
locking
it
,
he
is
held
secure
and
fast
.
Very
often
the
neck
instead
of
the
ankle
is
enclosed
.
In
this
manner
they
are
held
during
the
operation
of
whipping
.
Warner
,
Will
and
Major
,
according
to
Tanner
's
account
of
them
,
were
melon-stealing
,
Sabbath-breaking
niggers
,
and
not
approving
of
such
wickedness
,
he
felt
it
his
duty
to
put
them
in
the
stocks
.
Handing
me
the
key
,
himself
,
Myers
,
Mistress
Tanner
and
the
children
entered
the
carriage
and
drove
away
to
church
at
Cheneyville
.
When
they
were
gone
,
the
boys
begged
me
to
let
them
out
.
