SLAVE LIFE IN GEORGIA. 19
slip. She was then forced to get up in the wag¬
gon with Finney, who brutally ill-used her, and
permitted his companions to treat her in the same
manner. This continued for several days, until
we got to Augusta, in the state of Georgia, where
Finney sold her. Our women talked about this
very much, and many of them cried, and said it
was a great shame.
At last we stopped at one Ben Tarver's place
in Jones' County, Georgia. This man was a Me¬
thodist Minister, and had a cotton plantation, and
a good many slaves. He had a great name for
possessing the fastest cotton-picking negroes in
the whole county, and they were frequently set
to work with others against time for wagers. He
had an overseer who did the best part of his
flogging, but he used the cow-hide himself occa¬
sionally, and they said he hit worse than the over¬
seer ; but I cannot say if it was so, as he never
flogged me. I know he did not give his slaves any
thing to eat till noon-day, and then no more again
until nine at night. They got corn, which they
made into cake, but I never knew them to have
any meat, and as far as I was able to learn, I do
not think any was given to them. He was reputed
to be a very bad master, but a very good preacher.
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