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"
Do
n't
know
,
"
was
all
the
reply
I
made
him
.
"
You
'd
be
taken
and
sent
to
jail
,
where
you
ought
to
be
,
before
you
got
half-way
there
,
"
he
added
,
passing
into
the
cabin
as
he
said
it
.
He
came
out
soon
with
the
pass
in
his
hand
,
and
calling
me
a
"
d
--
d
nigger
that
deserved
a
hundred
lashes
,
"
threw
it
on
the
ground
.
I
picked
it
up
,
and
hurried
away
right
speedily
.
A
slave
caught
off
his
master
's
plantation
without
a
pass
,
may
be
seized
and
whipped
by
any
white
man
whom
he
meets
.
The
one
I
now
received
was
dated
,
and
read
as
follows
:
"
Platt
has
permission
to
go
to
Ford
's
plantation
,
on
Bayou
Bœuf
,
and
return
by
Tuesday
morning
.
John
M.
Tibeats
.
"
This
is
the
usual
form
.
On
the
way
,
a
great
many
demanded
it
,
read
it
,
and
passed
on
.
Those
having
the
air
and
appearance
of
gentlemen
,
whose
dress
indicated
the
possession
of
wealth
,
frequently
took
no
notice
of
me
whatever
;
but
a
shabby
fellow
,
an
unmistakable
loafer
,
never
failed
to
hail
me
,
and
to
scrutinize
and
examine
me
in
the
most
thorough
manner
.
Catching
runaways
is
sometimes
a
money-making
business
.
If
,
after
advertising
,
no
owner
appears
,
they
may
be
sold
to
the
highest
bidder
;
and
certain
fees
are
allowed
the
finder
for
his
services
,
at
all
events
,
even
if
reclaimed
.
"
A
mean
white
,
"
therefore
,
--
a
name
applied
to
the
species
loafer
--
considers
it
a
god-send
to
meet
an
unknown
negro
without
a
pass
.
There
are
no
inns
along
the
highways
in
that
portion
of
the
State
where
I
sojourned
.
I
was
wholly
destitute
of
money
,
neither
did
I
carry
any
provisions
,
on
my
journey
from
the
Big
Cane
to
Bayou
Bœuf
;
nevertheless
,
with
his
pass
in
his
hand
,
a
slave
need
never
suffer
from
hunger
or
from
thirst
.
It
is
only
necessary
to
present
it
to
the
master
or
overseer
of
a
plantation
,
and
state
his
wants
,
when
he
will
be
sent
round
to
the
kitchen
and
provided
with
food
or
shelter
,
as
the
case
may
require
.
The
traveler
stops
at
any
house
and
calls
for
a
meal
with
as
much
freedom
as
if
it
was
a
public
tavern
.
It
is
the
general
custom
of
the
country
.
Whatever
their
faults
may
be
,
it
is
certain
the
inhabitants
along
Red
River
,
and
around
the
bayous
in
the
interior
of
Louisiana
are
not
wanting
in
hospitality
.
I
arrived
at
Ford
's
plantation
towards
the
close
of
the
afternoon
,
passing
the
evening
in
Eliza
's
cabin
,
with
Lawson
,
Rachel
,
and
others
of
my
acquaintance
.
When
we
left
Washington
Eliza
's
form
was
round
and
plump
.
She
stood
erect
,
and
in
her
silks
and
jewels
,
presented
a
picture
of
graceful
strength
and
elegance
.
Now
she
was
but
a
thin
shadow
of
her
former
self
.
Her
face
had
become
ghastly
haggard
,
and
the
once
straight
and
active
form
was
bowed
down
,
as
if
bearing
the
weight
of
a
hundred
years
.
Crouching
on
her
cabin
floor
,
and
clad
in
the
coarse
garments
of
a
slave
,
old
Elisha
Berry
would
not
have
recognized
the
mother
of
his
child
.
I
never
saw
her
afterwards
.
Having
become
useless
in
the
cotton-field
,
she
was
bartered
for
a
trifle
,
to
some
man
residing
in
the
vicinity
of
Peter
Compton
's
.
Grief
had
gnawed
remorselessly
at
her
heart
,
until
her
strength
was
gone
;
and
for
that
,
her
last
master
,
it
is
said
,
lashed
and
abused
her
most
unmercifully
.
But
he
could
not
whip
back
the
departed
vigor
of
her
youth
,
nor
straighten
up
that
bended
body
to
its
full
height
,
such
as
it
was
when
her
children
were
around
her
,
and
the
light
of
freedom
was
shining
on
her
path
.
I
learned
the
particulars
relative
to
her
departure
from
this
world
,
from
some
of
Compton
's
slaves
,
who
had
come
over
Red
River
to
the
bayou
,
to
assist
young
Madam
Tanner
during
the
"
busy
season
.
"
She
became
at
length
,
they
said
,
utterly
helpless
,
for
several
weeks
lying
on
the
ground
floor
in
a
dilapidated
cabin
,
dependent
upon
the
mercy
of
her
fellow-thralls
for
an
occasional
drop
of
water
,
and
a
morsel
of
food
.
Her
master
did
not
"
knock
her
on
the
head
,
"
as
is
sometimes
done
to
put
a
suffering
animal
out
of
misery
,
but
left
her
unprovided
for
,
and
unprotected
,
to
linger
through
a
life
of
pain
and
wretchedness
to
its
natural
close
.
When
the
hands
returned
from
the
field
one
night
they
found
her
dead
!
During
the
day
,
the
Angel
of
the
Lord
,
who
moveth
invisibly
over
all
the
earth
,
gathering
in
his
harvest
of
departing
souls
,
had
silently
entered
the
cabin
of
the
dying
woman
,
and
taken
her
from
thence
.
She
was
free
at
last
!
