Master, however, was not a humane slaveholder. I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. His farms and slaves were under the care of an overseer. He owned two or three farms, and about thirty slaves. He was not considered a rich slaveholder. He was generally called Captain Anthony-a title which, I presume, he acquired by sailing a craft on the Chesapeake Bay.
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