Coulisse

In the book we’re reading, the title’s name of which escapes me, many things happen so far. The narrator goes on to describing how slave life is, and how his overseers act towards the slaves. The first overseer was a cruel man with a mouth in need of deep washing. The second overseer was Mr. Hopkins, taking the previous one’s job, after he died, was a man who did not take pride  in whipping slaves, and he was a good overseer to the slaves. Then, Mr. Hopkins was fired from his job, to be replaced by the filthy, Mr. Gore. Mr. Gore no doubt lived up to his name, for he was a creul man, not giving slaves a chance to defend themselves, or giving them a chance in any matter at that. While Gore was lashing a slave, Dembry, the slave ran to the water and stood in it neck deep. Gore said he’d count to three to get out of the water, or else he’d shoot him. Gore got to only three before he shot poor Dembry. The narrator also goes into detail of how he was part of the Main House crew, how cruel the colonel could be, and other such facts.