Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days: The Memo Book Series #29 -- True Recollections of a Former Childhood Slave in the...

ISBN-10: 1986447340
ISBN-13: 9781986447348
Series: Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
Pages: 88
Language: English
Published: 2018-03-12
Author: Annie Burton

Description

FROM THE BOOK: "Those slaves that were not married served the food from the great house, and about half-past eleven they would send the older children with food to the workers in the fields. Of course, I followed, and before we got to the fields, we had eaten the food nearly all up. When the workers returned home they complained, and we were whipped. The slaves got their allowance every Monday night of molasses, meat, corn meal, and a kind of flour called "dredgings" or "shorts." Perhaps this allowance would be gone before the next Monday night, in which case the slaves would steal hogs and chickens. Then would come the whipping-post. Master himself never whipped his slaves; this was left to the overseer." THE MEMO BOOK SERIES Pocket-Sized (4" x 6") Always Under 100 Pages Wide Variety of Subjects Write or call for the full catalog, updated weekly: [email protected]