Today i'm not in the best mood but I decided to let you all know how I fell about the people who work for me. Slavery in Georgia is obviously something you can't live without. And i'm not sure how the poor people survive with actually having to do hard labor. Anyways, the tobacco plantation that my husband owns takes a lot to be taken care of. The slaves have to water the crops, make sure the tobacco is ready, and it's very hard to boss them around!
Today they pulled one of their foolish stunts on me and I just about had it! They broke one of my best tools that I payed a lot of money for. They were apologizing but I knew they didn't do it on purpose because they don't want my family to make money! I gave them severe punishments of brutal whippings that made me feel slightly better of the money our family had to lose today. The life of one slave won't really matter if they didn't want to work hard, plus it will make the ones who remain work harder to save themselves from being punished too which I will gladly do!
-Colony Girl