CHAPTER III.

TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.

Col. Lloyd’s plantation--Aunt Katy--Her cruelty and ill-nature-- Capt. Anthony’s partiality to Aunt Katy--Allowance of food-- Author’s hunger--Unexpected rescue by his mother--The reproof of Aunt Katy--Sleep--A slave-mother’s love--Author’s inheritance--His mother’s acquirements--Her death 33