![]() I must have perished with cold, but that, the coldest nights, I used to steal a bag which was used for carrying corn to the mill. ![]() In hottest summer and coldest winter, I was kept almost naked-no shoes, no stockings, no jacket, no trousers, nothing on but a coarse tow linen shirt, reaching only to my knees. I suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold. I was seldom whipped by my old master, and suffered little from any thing else than hunger and cold. He would not allow the older boys to impose upon me, and would divide his cakes with me. He became quite attached to me, and was a sort of protector of me. My connection with Master Daniel was of some advantage to me. The most of my leisure time I spent in helping Master Daniel Lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them. The most I had to do was to drive up the cows at evening, keep the fowls out of the garden, keep the front yard clean, and run of errands for my old master’s daughter, Mrs. ![]() ![]() 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. As to my own treatment while I lived on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, it was very similar to that of the other slave children. ![]()
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