This was all that they were allowed, and if they got more they stole it.
He had one of the most cruel overseers to be found in that section of country.

He weighed and measured out to them, their week's allowance of food every Sabbath morning.

The overseer's horn was sounded two hours before daylight for them in the morning, in order that they should be ready for work before daylight.

They were worked from daylight until after dark, without stopping but one half hour to eat or rest, which was at noon.

And at the busy season of the year, they were compelled to work just as hard on the Sabbath, as on any other day..