Incidents in the life of a slave girl.: Written by herself. Edited by L. Maria Child.

Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders. 75
little boy, James, was sold to a good sort of master.
He became involved in debt, and James was sold
again to a wealthy slaveholder, noted for his cruelty.
With this man he grew up to manhood, receiving the
treatment of a dog. After a severe whipping, to save
himself from further infliction of the lash, with which
he was threatened, he took to the woods. He was in
a most miserable condition - cut by the cowskin,
half naked, half starved, and without the means of
procuring a crust of bread.
Some weeks after his escape, he was captured, tied,
and carried back to his master's plantation. This
man considered punishment in his jail, on bread and
water, after receiving hundreds of lashes, too mild for
the poor slave's offence. Therefore hlie decided, after
the overseer should have whipped him to his satisfaction, to have him placed between the screws of the
cotton gin, to stay as long as he had been in the woods.
This wretched creature was cut with the whip from
his head to his feet, then washed with strong brine, to
prevent the flesh froin mortifying, and muake it heal
sooner than it otherwise would. Hie was then put
into the cotton gin, which was screwed down, only
allowing him room to turn on his side when hlie could
not lie on his back. Every morning a slave was sent
with a piece of bread and bowl of water, which were
placed within reach of the poor fellow. The slave
was charged, under penalty of severe punisirhmeit, not
to speak to him.
Four days passed, and the slave continued to carry
the bread and water. Oii the second ilorninig, he
found. the bread gone, but the water untouched.