Twelve Years a Slave, Chapter 12 요약

줄거리

1. The narrator describes Epps’s appearance, drinking, cruelty, and leased plantation.
2. He explains cotton planting and hoeing, where drivers use whips to enforce the pace.
3. Picking quotas depend on ability, and Patsey gathers far more cotton than the narrator.
4. Evening weighing brings punishment for shortfalls and the threat of higher quotas for extra cotton.
5. Chores, cooking, poor bedding, and fear of oversleeping leave workers little rest.
6. The narrator describes corn, potatoes, livestock, and the recurring agricultural tasks that occupy the year.

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A shortfall brings punishment, but extra cotton can raise the next day’s demand. The weighing system gives workers no secure result.

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