Caption from poster__

 “There are wrongs

which even the

grave does

not bury.”

Life on the fields meant working sunup to sundown six days a week and having food sometimes not suitable for an animal to eat. Plantation slaves lived in small shacks with a dirt floor and little or no furniture. Life on large plantations with a cruel overseer was often times the worst. However, work for a small farm owner who was not doing well could mean not being fed. The stories about cruel overseers were certainly true in some cases. The over-seer was paid to get the most work out of the slaves; therefore, overseers often resorted to whatever means was necessary. Sometimes the slaves would drive the overseer off the plantation in desperation. When slaves complained that they were being unfairly treated, slave-holders would most often be very protective of their "property" and
would release the overseer. An some cases, a driver was used rather than an overseer. The difference between theoverseer and the driver was simple: drivers were slaves themselves. A driver might

be convinced by a master tomanage the slaves

for better privileges. Drivers were usually

hated by the rest of the slaves. These

feelings oftenled to violence.