On my arrival at Master Epps', in obedience6 to his order, the first business upon which I entered was the making of an axe-helve. The handles in use there are simply a round, straight stick. I made a crooked7 one, shaped like those to which I had been accustomed at the North. When finished, and presented to Epps, he looked at it with astonishment8, unable to determine exactly what it was. He had never before seen such a handle, and when I explained its conveniences, he was forcibly struck with the novelty of the idea. He kept it in the house a long time, and when his friends called, was wont9 to exhibit it as a curiosity.
It was now the season of hoeing. I was first sent[Pg 177] into the corn-field, and afterwards set to scraping cotton. In this employment I remained until hoeing time was nearly passed, when I began to experience the symptoms of approaching illness. I was attacked with chills, which were succeeded by a burning fever. I became weak and emaciated10, and frequently so dizzy that it caused me to reel and stagger like a drunken man. Nevertheless, I was compelled to keep up my row. When in health I found little difficulty in keeping pace with my fellow-laborers, but now it seemed to be an utter impossibility. Often I fell behind, when the driver's lash3 was sure to greet my back, infusing into my sick and drooping12 body a little temporary energy. I continued to decline until at length the whip became entirely13 ineffectual. The sharpest sting of the rawhide14 could not arouse me. Finally, in September, when the busy season of cotton picking was at hand, I was unable to leave my cabin. Up to this time I had received no medicine, nor any attention from my master or mistress. The old cook visited me occasionally, preparing me corn-coffee, and sometimes boiling a bit of bacon, when I had grown too feeble to accomplish it myself.
When it was said that I would die, Master Epps, unwilling15 to bear the loss, which the death of an animal worth a thousand dollars would bring upon him, concluded to incur16 the expense of sending to Holmesville for Dr. Wines. He announced to Epps that it was the effect of the climate, and there was a probability of his losing me. He directed me to eat no[Pg 178] meat, and to partake of no more food than was absolutely necessary to sustain life. Several weeks elapsed, during which time, under the scanty17 diet to which I was subjected, I had partially18 recovered. One morning, long before I was in a proper condition to labor11, Epps appeared at the cabin door, and, presenting me a sack, ordered me to the cotton field. At this time I had had no experience whatever in cotton picking. It was an awkward business indeed. While others used both hands, snatching the cotton and depositing it in the mouth of the sack, with a precision and dexterity19 that was incomprehensible to me, I had to seize the boll with one hand, and deliberately20 draw out the white, gushing21 blossom with the other.
Depositing the cotton in the sack, moreover, was a difficulty that demanded the exercise of both hands and eyes. I was compelled to pick it from the ground where it would fall, nearly as often as from the stalk where it had grown. I made havoc22 also with the branches, loaded with the yet unbroken bolls, the long, cumbersome23 sack swinging from side to side in a manner not allowable in the cotton field. After a most laborious24 day I arrived at the gin-house with my load. When the scale determined25 its weight to be only ninety-five pounds, not half the quantity required of the poorest picker, Epps threatened the severest flogging, but in consideration of my being a "raw hand," concluded to pardon me on that occasion. The following day, and many days succeeding, I returned at night with no better success—I was evidently[Pg 179] not designed for that kind of labor. I had not the gift—the dexterous26 fingers and quick motion of Patsey, who could fly along one side of a row of cotton, stripping it of its undefiled and fleecy whiteness miraculously27 fast. Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, and that I should go into the cotton field no more. I was now employed in cutting and hauling wood, drawing cotton from the field to the gin-house, and performed whatever other service was required. Suffice to say, I was never permitted to be idle.
It was rarely that a day passed by without one or more whippings. This occurred at the time the cotton was weighed. The delinquent28, whose weight had fallen short, was taken out, stripped, made to lie upon the ground, face downwards29, when he received a punishment proportioned to his offence. It is the literal, unvarnished truth, that the crack of the lash, and the shrieking30 of the slaves, can be heard from dark till bed time, on Epps' plantation, any day almost during the entire period of the cotton-picking season.
The number of lashes is graduated according to the nature of the case. Twenty-five are deemed a mere31 brush, inflicted32, for instance, when a dry leaf or piece of boll is found in the cotton, or when a branch is broken in the field; fifty is the ordinary penalty following all delinquencies of the next higher grade; one[Pg 180] hundred is called severe: it is the punishment inflicted for the serious offence of standing33 idle in the field; from one hundred and fifty to two hundred is bestowed34 upon him who quarrels with his cabin-mates, and five hundred, well laid on, besides the mangling35 of the dogs, perhaps, is certain to consign36 the poor, unpitied runaway37 to weeks of pain and agony.
During the two years Epps remained on the plantation at Bayou Huff Power, he was in the habit, as often as once in a fortnight at least, of coming home intoxicated38 from Holmesville. The shooting-matches almost invariably concluded with a debauch39. At such times he was boisterous40 and half-crazy. Often he would break the dishes, chairs, and whatever furniture he could lay his hands on. When satisfied with his amusement in the house, he would seize the whip and walk forth41 into the yard. Then it behooved42 the slaves to be watchful43 and exceeding wary44. The first one who came within reach felt the smart of his lash. Sometimes for hours he would keep them running in all directions, dodging45 around the corners of the cabins. Occasionally he would come upon one unawares, and if he succeeded in inflicting46 a fair, round blow, it was a feat47 that much delighted him. The younger children, and the aged48, who had become inactive, suffered then. In the midst of the confusion he would slily take his stand behind a cabin, waiting with raised whip, to dash it into the first black face that peeped cautiously around the corner.
At other times he would come home in a less brutal[Pg 181] humor. Then there must be a merry-making. Then all must move to the measure of a tune49. Then Master Epps must needs regale50 his melodious51 ears with the music of a fiddle52. Then did he become buoyant, elastic53, gaily54 "tripping the light fantastic toe" around the piazza55 and all through the house.
Tibeats, at the time of my sale, had informed him I could play on the violin. He had received his information from Ford56. Through the importunities of Mistress Epps, her husband had been induced to purchase me one during a visit to New-Orleans. Frequently I was called into the house to play before the family, mistress being passionately57 fond of music.
All of us would be assembled in the large room of the great house, whenever Epps came home in one of his dancing moods. No matter how worn out and tired we were, there must be a general dance. When properly stationed on the floor, I would strike up a tune.
"Dance, you d—d niggers, dance," Epps would shout.
Then there must be no halting or delay, no slow or languid movements; all must be brisk, and lively, and alert. "Up and down, heel and toe, and away we go," was the order of the hour. Epps' portly form mingled58 with those of his dusky slaves, moving rapidly through all the mazes59 of the dance.
Usually his whip was in his hand, ready to fall about the ears of the presumptuous60 thrall61, who dared to rest a moment, or even stop to catch his breath.[Pg 182] When he was himself exhausted62, there would be a brief cessation, but it would be very brief. With a slash63, and crack, and flourish of the whip, he would shout again, "Dance, niggers, dance," and away they would go once more, pell-mell, while I spurred by an occasional sharp touch of the lash, sat in a corner, extracting from my violin a marvelous quick-stepping tune. The mistress often upbraided64 him, declaring she would return to her father's house at Cheneyville; nevertheless, there were times she could not restrain a burst of laughter, on witnessing his uproarious pranks65. Frequently, we were thus detained until almost morning. Bent66 with excessive toil67—actually suffering for a little refreshing68 rest, and feeling rather as if we could cast ourselves upon the earth and weep, many a night in the house of Edwin Epps have his unhappy slaves been made to dance and laugh.
Notwithstanding these deprivations69 in order to gratify the whim70 of an unreasonable71 master, we had to be in the field as soon as it was light, and during the day perform the ordinary and accustomed task. Such deprivations could not be urged at the scales in extenuation72 of any lack of weight, or in the cornfield for not hoeing with the usual rapidity. The whippings were just as severe as if we had gone forth in the morning, strengthened and invigorated by a night's repose73. Indeed, after such frantic74 revels75, he was always more sour and savage76 than before, punishing for slighter causes, and using the whip with increased and more vindictive77 energy.
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Ten years I toiled78 for that man without reward. Ten years of my incessant79 labor has contributed to increase the bulk of his possessions. Ten years I was compelled to address him with down-cast eyes and uncovered head—in the attitude and language of a slave. I am indebted to him for nothing, save undeserved abuse and stripes.
Beyond the reach of his inhuman80 thong81, and standing on the soil of the free State where I was born, thanks be to Heaven, I can raise my head once more among men. I can speak of the wrongs I have suffered, and of those who inflicted them, with upraised eyes. But I have no desire to speak of him or any other one otherwise than truthfully. Yet to speak truthfully of Edwin Epps would be to say—he is a man in whose heart the quality of kindness or of justice is not found. A rough, rude energy, united with an uncultivated mind and an avaricious82 spirit, are his prominent characteristics. He is known as a "nigger breaker," distinguished83 for his faculty84 of subduing85 the spirit of the slave, and priding himself upon his reputation in this respect, as a jockey boasts of his skill in managing a refractory86 horse. He looked upon a colored man, not as a human being, responsible to his Creator for the small talent entrusted87 to him, but as a "chattel88 personal," as mere live property, no better, except in value, than his mule89 or dog. When the evidence, clear and indisputable, was laid before him that I was a free man, and as much entitled to my liberty as he—when, on the day I left, he was informed that I[Pg 184] had a wife and children, as dear to me as his own babes to him, he only raved90 and swore, denouncing the law that tore me from him, and declaring he would find out the man who had forwarded the letter that disclosed the place of my captivity91, if there was any virtue92 or power in money, and would take his life. He thought of nothing but his loss, and cursed me for having been born free. He could have stood unmoved and seen the tongues of his poor slaves torn out by the roots—he could have seen them burned to ashes over a slow fire, or gnawed93 to death by dogs, if it only brought him profit. Such a hard, cruel, unjust man is Edwin Epps.
There was but one greater savage on Bayou B?uf than he. Jim Burns' plantation was cultivated, as already mentioned, exclusively by women. That barbarian94 kept their backs so sore and raw, that they could not perform the customary labor demanded daily of the slave. He boasted of his cruelty, and through all the country round was accounted a more thorough-going, energetic man than even Epps. A brute95 himself, Jim Burns had not a particle of mercy for his subject brutes96, and like a fool, whipped and scourged97 away the very strength upon which depended his amount of gain.
Epps remained on Huff Power two years, when, having accumulated a considerable sum of money, he expended98 it in the purchase of the plantation on the east bank of Bayou B?uf, where he still continues to reside. He took possession of it in 1845, after the[Pg 185] holidays were passed. He carried thither99 with him nine slaves, all of whom, except myself, and Susan, who has since died, remain there yet. He made no addition to this force, and for eight years the following were my companions in his quarters, viz: Abram, Wiley, Phebe, Bob, Henry, Edward, and Patsey. All these, except Edward, born since, were purchased out of a drove by Epps during the time he was overseer for Archy B. Williams, whose plantation is situated100 on the shore of Red River, not far from Alexandria.
Abram was tall, standing a full head above any common man. He is sixty years of age, and was born in Tennessee. Twenty years ago, he was purchased by a trader, carried into South Carolina, and sold to James Buford, of Williamsburgh county, in that State. In his youth he was renowned101 for his great strength, but age and unremitting toil have somewhat shattered his powerful frame and enfeebled his mental faculties102.
Wiley is forty-eight. He was born on the estate of William Tassle, and for many years took charge of that gentleman's ferry over the Big Black River, in South Carolina.
Phebe was a slave of Buford, Tassle's neighbor, and having married Wiley, he bought the latter, at her instigation. Buford was a kind master, sheriff of the county, and in those days a man of wealth.
Bob and Henry are Phebe's children, by a former husband, their father having been abandoned to give[Pg 186] place to Wiley. That seductive youth had insinuated103 himself into Phebe's affections, and therefore the faithless spouse104 had gently kicked her first husband out of her cabin door. Edward had been born to them on Bayou Huff Power.
Patsey is twenty-three—also from Buford's plantation. She is in no wise connected with the others, but glories in the fact that she is the offspring of a "Guinea nigger," brought over to Cuba in a slave ship, and in the course of trade transferred to Buford, who was her mother's owner.
This, as I learned from them, is a genealogical account of my master's slaves. For years they had been together. Often they recalled the memories of other days, and sighed to retrace105 their steps to the old home in Carolina. Troubles came upon their master Buford, which brought far greater troubles upon them. He became involved in debt, and unable to bear up against his failing fortunes, was compelled to sell these, and others of his slaves. In a chain gang they had been driven from beyond the Mississippi to the plantation of Archy B. Williams. Edwin Epps, who, for a long while had been his driver and overseer, was about establishing himself in business on his own account, at the time of their arrival, and accepted them in payment of his wages.
Old Abram was a kind-hearted being—a sort of patriarch among us, fond of entertaining his younger brethren with grave and serious discourse106. He was deeply versed107 in such philosophy as is taught in the[Pg 187] cabin of the slave; but the great absorbing hobby of Uncle Abram was General Jackson, whom his young master in Tennessee had followed to the wars. He loved to wander back, in imagination, to the place where he was born, and to recount the scenes of his youth during those stirring times when the nation was in arms. He had been athletic108, and more keen and powerful than the generality of his race, but now his eye had become dim, and his natural force abated109. Very often, indeed, while discussing the best method of baking the hoe-cake, or expatiating110 at large upon the glory of Jackson, he would forget where he left his hat, or his hoe, or his basket; and then would the old man be laughed at, if Epps was absent, and whipped if he was present. So was he perplexed111 continually, and sighed to think that he was growing aged and going to decay. Philosophy and Jackson and forgetfulness had played the mischief112 with him, and it was evident that all of them combined were fast bringing down the gray hairs of Uncle Abram to the grave.
Aunt Phebe had been an excellent field hand, but latterly was put into the kitchen, where she remained, except occasionally, in a time of uncommon113 hurry. She was a sly old creature, and when not in the presence of her mistress or her master, was garrulous114 in the extreme.
Wiley, on the contrary, was silent. He performed his task without murmur115 or complaint, seldom indulging in the luxury of speech, except to utter a[Pg 188] wish, that he was away from Epps, and back once more in South Carolina.
Bob and Henry had reached the ages of twenty and twenty-three, and were distinguished for nothing extraordinary or unusual, while Edward, a lad of thirteen, not yet able to maintain his row in the corn or the cotton field, was kept in the great house, to wait on the little Eppses.
Patsey was slim and straight. She stood erect116 as the human form is capable of standing. There was an air of loftiness in her movement, that neither labor, nor weariness, nor punishment could destroy. Truly, Patsey was a splendid animal, and were it not that bondage117 had enshrouded her intellect in utter and everlasting118 darkness, would have been chief among ten thousand of her people. She could leap the highest fences, and a fleet hound it was indeed, that could outstrip119 her in a race. No horse could fling her from his back. She was a skillful teamster. She turned as true a furrow120 as the best, and at splitting rails there were none who could excel her. When the order to halt was heard at night, she would have her mules121 at the crib, unharnessed, fed and curried122, before uncle Abram had found his hat. Not, however, for all or any of these, was she chiefly famous. Such lightning-like motion was in her fingers as no other fingers ever possessed123, and therefore it was, that in cotton picking time, Patsey was queen of the field.
She had a genial124 and pleasant temper, and was faithful and obedient. Naturally, she was a joyous[Pg 189] creature, a laughing, light-hearted girl, rejoicing in the mere sense of existence. Yet Patsey wept oftener, and suffered more, than any of her companions. She had been literally125 excoriated126. Her back bore the scars of a thousand stripes; not because she was backward in her work, nor because she was of an unmindful and rebellious127 spirit, but because it had fallen to her lot to be the slave of a licentious128 master and a jealous mistress. She shrank before the lustful129 eye of the one, and was in danger even of her life at the hands of the other, and between the two, she was indeed accursed. In the great house, for days together, there were high and angry words, poutings and estrangement130, whereof she was the innocent cause. Nothing delighted the mistress so much as to see her suffer, and more than once, when Epps had refused to sell her, has she tempted131 me with bribes132 to put her secretly to death, and bury her body in some lonely place in the margin133 of the swamp. Gladly would Patsey have appeased134 this unforgiving spirit, if it had been in her power, but not like Joseph, dared she escape from Master Epps, leaving her garment in his hand. Patsey walked under a cloud. If she uttered a word in opposition135 to her master's will, the lash was resorted to at once, to bring her to subjection; if she was not watchful when about her cabin, or when walking in the yard, a billet of wood, or a broken bottle perhaps, hurled136 from her mistress' hand, would smite137 her unexpectedly in the face. The enslaved victim of lust and hate, Patsey had no comfort of her life.
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These were my companions and fellow-slaves, with whom I was accustomed to be driven to the field, and with whom it has been my lot to dwell for ten years in the log cabins of Edwin Epps. They, if living, are yet toiling138 on the banks of Bayou B?uf, never destined139 to breathe, as I now do, the blessed air of liberty, nor to shake off the heavy shackles140 that enthrall141 them, until they shall lie down forever in the dust.
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thong
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spouse
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mischief
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