No doubt you'll believe with me that been a slave isn't an easy thing. As been a slave you live not for yourself but for your master. Any mistake wasn't taken likely., even the slightest of the mistakes were not taken for granted.
From the farm to the house, stables, kitchen and even the laundries. I worked from dusk till dawn, working away my muscles out.
You skip any assignment given you.... Oh,.. trust me brother you get your flat back beaten with whips. Oh how I remembered the time I skipped work, I had my back beaten fervently with whips. I cried the entire day. Sleeping with such a sore back wasn't easy that night and the next.
Food too was also not as wanted and expected. You had to eat the leftovers of the family. If it wasn't enough ... you had no cause for complaints. Anything given onto you whether big or small you take it like that. Sometimes you had your bellies sleeping without food through out the night.
Young master' Rudy was also a problem. Always tormenting and lashing his anger on slaves just to relieve himself. Sometimes other slaves gave in into a fierce battle with the young master.
Times came when twenty of we slaves were blamed for crimes we never committed and knew of. We were left outside under the shivering cold of the night.
Working in the farm wasn't an easy task to do., well you see just seven out of the slaves worked on the farm. For hours we ploughed and tilled till dawn came. Sometimes we spent our working hours under the cold and also during the rain. Trust me... It wasn't an easy ordeal.
Bernard who having been a stubborn and cunning type of person always got himself into different kinds of troubles.
Torture is say was really burden for me then. I even had some of its scarce left on me. It was really a thing on should never pray for.
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Thomas Fox.
Historical FictionLet's go back in time. You might ask ?. What time ?. Well, to the dark times of slavery and its distressing struggles. We see and read about the story of Pa' Thomas Fox who was a victim of slavery. At age seventeen he was separated from his fam...
