14/33 Mr.Sevier's place was promptly taken by a Mr.Hopkins, and the change was quite a relief, he being a very different man. He was, in{75} all respects, a better man than his predecessor; as good as any man can be, and yet be an overseer. His course was characterized by no extraordinary cruelty; and when he whipped a slave, as he sometimes did, he seemed to take no especial pleasure in it, but, on the contrary, acted as though he felt it to be a mean business. Mr.Hopkins stayed but a short time; his place much to the regret of the slaves generally--was taken by a Mr.Gore, of whom more will be said hereafter. It is enough, for the present, to say, that he was no improvement on Mr.Sevier, except that he was less noisy and less profane. |