He was a very wealthy...
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He was a very wealthy man. He was a man who considered himself to be a good Christian. He was a slave owner in pre-Civil War days. He prayed. He tithed. He attended church regularly. He even forced his slaves to go to church every Sunday. During the week he would stand over his slaves in his fields and whip anyone who was not working. He refused to give food and water to any slave who did not produce to his standards. If a slave was ill he was still forced to work. He even forced the very young to work hard every day in the hot summer sun. And he was very cruel to any slave who got caught trying to escape. If he had an opportunity to make a few dollars by selling a slave, he had no trouble dividing families. He would sell a son or daughter, even a husband or wife, if the price was right. But the slaves did learn one thing from being forced to go to church every Sunday -- a Christian is to love not only in word or speech, but also in truth and action. Apparently their master saw no connection between what he believed and the way he behaved. -- Frank
