The remedy is most generally some kind of bitter root; they are directed to chew it and spit towards their masters when they are angry with their slaves.

At other times they prepare certain kinds of powders, to sprinkle about their masters dwellings.

This is all done for the purpose of defending themselves in some peaceable manner, although I am satisfied that there is no virtue at all in it.

I have tried it to perfection when I was a slave at the South.

I was then a young man, full of life and vigor, and was very fond of visiting our neighbors slaves, but had no time to visit only Sundays, when I could get a permit to go, or after night, when I could slip off without being seen.