Chapter 49: The Credit of Slave Owners
Sheffield had time to settle the matter after the purchase of the land could be put aside, but there was another matter that could not be postponed any longer. Now Sheffield has to fulfill his promise as an honorable slave owner and release the traitor Thomas back to the north. A man who walks the talk will be embraced by everyone, and apparently he now considers himself that kind of person.
When Thomas and Sheffield Plantation's horse team returned, Sheffield got a special look at the leaders of the Underground Railroad, and of course, there was something else to gain from it. In exchange for his freedom, Thomas must kill the leader of the Underground Railroad in Louisiana before he can return to the North.
From a humanitarian point of view, Sheffield is not prepared to force Thomas to do such a shameless thing, so in the past few days, Jean, the leader of the Underground Railway movement, has been locked up, and Sheffield appreciates this leader who dares to name himself with God, as a believer with no sincerity, so it is necessary to send him to God now.
"How's Thomas doing these days?" Sheffield looked at the black slaves clearing cotton in the distance, and thought to himself that the progress should be accelerated, and if the Taylor manor side went well, he would need manpower to establish a settlement. The most cost-effective way was to use black slaves from the plantations.
At first, he seemed to be full of guilt for Jean, and he was silent in the face of swearing! But I can't stand it after a long time, and it seems that I beat the former leader yesterday! Westin sneered and gloated, "Do you want me to unshackle Jean and let them fight it out?" Whoever wins goes back to the north, and the loser is executed by the winner, how about it? ”
"What if Thomas wins? So back in the North, what loyalty is there? Although there was no such thing! "Sheffield's 120,000 contempt for Westin's ideas, how is this act of deriving pleasure from human cannibalism different from the Roman aristocracy of the Colosseum more than 2,000 years ago?
What angered Sheffield the most was that if Westin was so smart, why didn't he say it earlier? He promised to release Thomas, who now can treat what he says as a fart, "Just tonight, let Thomas solve the problem with his own hands!" ”
What it means to solve problems with your own hands is to use no tools! Although the plantation is located in the western part of the northern suburbs, there are not many people coming and going, but bullets are also money, and Sheffield can't ask Thomas to reimburse the execution fee, so naturally save a little bit.
In the evening, Sheffield, Westin, and Raidon arrived at the shack where the two were imprisoned, and I have to say that Uncle Black's combat power is strong, and the taste here is still so strong, and it instantly made Sheffield feel that it is still the same recipe and the same taste, pinching his nose and letting the two pull Thomas and Jean out, and said a little farther away, "Thomas, I once promised you, as long as you promised me to pull out the Yankee's nails, I will let you go back to the north, and now is the time for you to fulfill your promise!" ”
"You despicable slave owners!" Thomas instantly jumped up and knocked Jean's words back into his stomach, then threw several heavy punches in succession, looked up and said, "Mr. Sheffield, I can kill him now, if you give me a knife......"
"As long as you want to kill, you can kill people with empty hands!" Without waiting for Sheffield to speak, Westin said indifferently on the side, Sheffield opened his mouth and shrugged helplessly to show a helpless expression.
Homicide? Stunned, Jean barely raised his head, and saw Thomas's distorted expression, as if there was a gritted hatred between the two, was this still the young man with the spirit of adventure?
Of course, Thomas immediately answered the doubts in Jean's heart with his actions, and strangled Jean's neck with both hands, his hands had never been so strong, watching the desperate struggle on Jean's face that was blue below, Thomas's young face shone with distorted pleasure, "Go die, I'll be free if you die......"
It was useless to struggle, especially with the shackles, Jean's eyes gradually lost their brightness, showing a dead gray, he would never have dreamed that the slave owner would really dare to kill, let alone that he would die at the hands of his very promising comrades.
Not! Sheffield watched this farce with his hands on his shoulders, and with a sneer, Westin found a sack to pack the corpse, mounted his horse and threw it into the Mississippi River, of course, insisting that a few more stones be stuffed into the sack, otherwise it would float up. The Mississippi River is so close to the plantations, and the view of the Ganges River is not good after all. This kind of physical work, it is impossible for Thomas, who is sweating like rain, to do it, so he can only make Westin Brother work hard.
The corpse of the leader was sunk in the Mississippi River, and all the members were sold into slavery in Brazil, and the matter would certainly not end so easily. The abolitionist organizations in the North would certainly not sit idly by and watch such an outcome in which no one is seen alive or a corpse is seen. But Sheffield is not afraid, neither he nor Taylor Manor will admit that it has anything to do with this matter, even if the other party suspects it, there is no way, he just needs to hide in the slave state and not go out, no one can do anything with him.
"What are you going to do when you go back to the North?" Sheffield opened a bottle of red wine and pushed it in front of Thomas and said, "Let's have a drink first, this is French red wine, not your northern counterfeit!" Although it is not the most high-end, a bottle will take you half a month of exhausting work to drink a bottle! ”
Sheffield proudly introduced the value of red wine, and then went on to the Black North, "Yankee will do whatever it takes to exploit workers for money, even women and children, but what's the use?" What can the meager salaries of northern workers afford? Most of the rich people in the United States are on our side, and I can tell you very clearly that we are not interested in shoddy products, and the slave owners here only recognize the British Empire! ”
"But, master! We are all in one country, and the people of the South are too closely connected to the British! Some factory owners do have a lot of complaints! "And since I've been here, I've been able to feel the attitude towards the North with my own eyes, and the Yankee is a rather contemptuous term......"
"That's the credit of your Underground Railroad!" Sheffield crossed his legs and said, "Every year, 100,000 slaves are stolen to the north, and the losses caused by these slaves are far from being incalculable, and even if the black slave hunters catch them again, they are far from being able to make up for the losses caused!" In this case, you still expect us to treat the northerners as our compatriots? What's so bad about being a raw material base for the British Empire? Don't you have no money to buy for the development of industry, and let us give you raw materials for nothing? ”
Thomas was silent, in fact, many of the things Sheffield said, including tariff issues, import-export orientation issues, and Thomas's class were difficult to access, if it developed normally, he should have honestly found a factory to work in after the enthusiasm disappeared, but it was unfortunate that before the enthusiasm disappeared, he had been caught by Sheffield.
"Will you be found when you return to your hometown?" Sheffield asked very understandingly, but there was still an awkward silence, the person who was arrested naturally knew him, and he couldn't go back, "Are you from New York?" Came to Louisiana to free the slaves? Well, you go to Illinois, where Rep. Lincoln used to be a senator, and Chicago is also a good city, Illinois is a great place to stay! ”
"I need to help my master with something when I get to the north?" There is no such thing as a free lunch, and Thomas knows that, so he desperately wants to know what kind of life he is facing.
"Your good days have just begun!" Sheffield didn't answer specifically, but patted Thomas on the shoulder and said, "You can help me find some talents, such as management talents, provided that this person is not too virgin, and it is better not to care too much about politics!" ”
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