He sold a man named Ben, to one of the traders.

He also owned Ben's wife, and in a few days he compelled Sally (that was her name) to marry Peter, another man belonging to him.

I asked Sally "why she married Peter so soon after Ben was sold." She said, "because master made her do it." Mr.John Calvert, who resided near our place, had a woman named Lavinia.
She was quite young, and a man to whom she was about to be married was sold, and carried into the country near St.Charles, about twenty miles from St.Louis.

Mr.Calvert wanted her to get a husband; but she had resolved not to marry any other man, and she refused.

Mr.Calvert whipped her in such a manner that it was thought she would die.