{"id":97,"date":"2021-05-28T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/therefugee\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=97"},"modified":"2022-02-01T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:30:02","slug":"benedict-duncan","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/therefugee\/chapter\/benedict-duncan\/","title":{"raw":"Benedict Duncan","rendered":"Benedict Duncan"},"content":{"raw":"I was a slave in Maryland, twenty-eight years. My father taught me my letters, and I had sometimes the privilege of going to the Sunday school, where I was further taught by a white teacher, and I read through a spelling-book. My father had a few other books and I had help from him in learning to read them. I received religious instruction in the Sunday school. My master and mistress belonged to the Presbyterian church, but never gave me any insight into their doctrines. I became a Methodist. My master had no overseer,\u2014was boss himself. We considered him not so good as the generality of masters. Sometimes I did not get enough to eat, nor have clothes enough to make me comfortable. I could get straw enough, but I never had any bed,\u2014wore the same clothes at night that I wore by day, the whole week. The other hands were not so well used,\u2014the truth is, I was rather ahead of them. They used to get whipped with hickories or a club: I never had any severe punishment.\r\n\r\nI left through fear of being sold, as my master's business was going down hill. I experienced no trouble in getting off. I walked one hundred and fifty miles of the way. I remained in the States four months and then came over here a short time since.\r\n\r\nI had rather have a day free, than a week of life in slavery: I think slavery is the worst evil that ever was.","rendered":"<p>I was a slave in Maryland, twenty-eight years. My father taught me my letters, and I had sometimes the privilege of going to the Sunday school, where I was further taught by a white teacher, and I read through a spelling-book. My father had a few other books and I had help from him in learning to read them. I received religious instruction in the Sunday school. My master and mistress belonged to the Presbyterian church, but never gave me any insight into their doctrines. I became a Methodist. My master had no overseer,\u2014was boss himself. We considered him not so good as the generality of masters. Sometimes I did not get enough to eat, nor have clothes enough to make me comfortable. I could get straw enough, but I never had any bed,\u2014wore the same clothes at night that I wore by day, the whole week. The other hands were not so well used,\u2014the truth is, I was rather ahead of them. They used to get whipped with hickories or a club: I never had any severe punishment.<\/p>\n<p>I left through fear of being sold, as my master&#8217;s business was going down hill. I experienced no trouble in getting off. I walked one hundred and fifty miles of the way. 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