1 From this time I was most narrowly watched.
2 During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write.
3 Mr. Hopkins remained but a short time in the office of overseer.
4 We stopped but a few moments, so that I had no time to go on shore.
5 I remember the first time I ever witnessed this horrible exhibition.
6 It was just what I wanted, and I got it at a time when I the least expected it.
7 They would compose and sing as they went along, consulting neither time nor tune.
8 I went at it in good earnest, working for the first time with the hope of reward.
9 At the very same time, they mutually execrate their masters when viewed separately.
10 The most of my leisure time I spent in helping Master Daniel Lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them.
11 I remember only the day of the week, for at that time I had no knowledge of the days of the month, nor the months of the year.
12 I was not old enough to work in the field, and there being little else than field work to do, I had a great deal of leisure time.
13 I had resided but a short time in Baltimore before I observed a marked difference, in the treatment of slaves, from that which I had witnessed in the country.
14 I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother's release.
15 Whilst I am detailing bloody deeds which took place during my stay on Colonel Lloyd's plantation, I will briefly narrate another, which occurred about the same time as the murder of Demby by Mr. Gore.
16 I have seen Colonel Lloyd make old Barney, a man between fifty and sixty years of age, uncover his bald head, kneel down upon the cold, damp ground, and receive upon his naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at the time.
17 I spent the time in washing, not so much because I wished to, but because Mrs. Lucretia had told me I must get all the dead skin off my feet and knees before I could go to Baltimore; for the people in Baltimore were very cleanly, and would laugh at me if I looked dirty.
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