Slaves were treated strict and unfair. Douglass witnessed his cousin Esther had been abused and beaten by Mr. Plummer - an overseer in Tuckahoe. Nellie was whipped brutally by Col. Lloyd because of "impudence". Douglass also witnessed the brutal in slavery through "Great House" farm of Col. Lloyd's. The slaves was always starving, wearing thin clothes, sleeping on clay floor with no pillow and thin blanked. They had to come to work on time in the early morning, or they will be flogged. Mr. Gore shot Bill Denny because he didn’t listen to him. Most problems, issues or mistake always was blamed for slaves. That was a rule at that time. The masters treated their slaves were also a part of slavery system. All evident mentioned above showed to the
