He thought, said and heard nothing more of the matter, until two or three weeks afterwards.{91} The poor man was then informed by his overseer, that, for having found fault with his master, he was now to be sold to a Georgia trader.

He was immediately chained and handcuffed; and thus, without a moment's warning he was snatched away, and forever sundered from his family and friends, by a hand more unrelenting than that of death.

_This_ is the penalty of telling the simple truth, in answer to a series of plain questions.

It is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves, when inquired of as to their condition and the character of their masters, almost invariably say they are contented, and that their masters are kind.

Slaveholders have been known to send spies among their slaves, to ascertain, if possible, their views and feelings in regard to their condition.