Mr.Weeden was a local preacher of the Protestant Methodist persuasion, and a most zealous supporter of the ordinances of religion, generally.

This Weeden owned a woman called "Ceal," who was a standing proof of his mercilessness.

Poor Ceal's back, always scantily clothed, was kept literally raw, by the lash of this religious man and gospel minister.
The most notoriously wicked man--so called in distinction from church members--could hire hands more easily than this brute.

When sent out to find a home, a slave would never enter the gates of the preacher Weeden, while a sinful sinner needed a hand.

Be{200} have ill, or behave well, it was the known maxim of Weeden, that it is the duty of a master to use the lash.