Though great efforts were made by a few colored men to bring the murderer to punishment, they were all ineffectual.

The evidence against him was clear enough, but the influence in his favor was so strong that he finally escaped.
Dungeons were built on all the estates, and they were often abominably filthy, and infested with loathsome and venomous vermin.

For slight offences the slaves were thrust into these prisons for several successive nights--being dragged out every morning to work during the day.

Various modes of torture were employed upon those who were consigned to the dungeon.

There were stocks for their feet, and there were staples in the floor for the ankles and wrists, placed in such a position as to keep the victim stretched out and lying on his face.