exceeding 25 lashes,
to be inflicted by any officer of the City, by order of the
Recorder's Court."

SECTION FORTY-THIRD

"No slave or free person of color shall play upon any
instrument of music after sunset, without permission from the
mayor or two members of Council, unless employed in the house
of some citizen. No slave or free person of color shall be
absent from his or her house 15 minutes after the bell shall
have been rung, without a sufficient pass, under the penalty
of 25 lashes, to be inflicted by the Chief of Police, or any
officer of the City, and be confined in the Guard-Room for
further examination, if found under suspicious circumstances.
No slave or person of color shall keep lights in the house
which they occupy after 10:00 at night, unless in case of
necessity."

SECTION FORTY-FOUR

"No slave or free person of color shall in the streets or
alleys, fight, quarrel, riot, or otherwise, act in a disorderly
manner, under the penalty of chastisement by any officer of the
city, not exceeding 25 lashes, and in all cases of conviction
before the Recorder's Court, he or she shall be punished by
whipping, not exceeding 75 lashes.

"No slave or free person of color, shall be allowed to keep a
shop or shops for the sale of beer, cake, fruit, soda water, or
any similar articles on their own account or for the benefit
of any other person whomsoever. Any slave or slaves, or free
person of color, found keeping a shop and selling, bartering,
or trading in any way, shall be taken up and punished by
whipping, with not more than 30 lashes for each and every
offense, and shall stand committed until the officer's fees
are paid."

Most of the slaves interviewed were too young during the slavery period
to have experienced any of the more cruel punishments, though some
remembered hearing tales of brutal beatings. Most of the punishments
inflicted were mild chastisements or restrictions.

Susie Brown, who was a slave on the Evans' plantation on Little River in
Columbia, said, "My Marster wus good to me, good as he could be--only
thing he whup me fer wus usin' snuff. And when he go to whup me, Mistis
beg him to stop, and he only gib me a lick or two. And if Mistis try to
whup me, he make her stop. No, dey didn't had to do much whuppin'. Dey
wus good to de hand." When aske