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| 20 | 80 | As far as View more quotes about ellen">Ellen knew all slaves not commonly associated with the march, except some high slaves, the latter in barred slave wagons, were in the coffle. |
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| 20 | 77 | The presence of such women in the camp is a great convenience to the soldiers, as one might imagine, for they are useful in various ways, performing a variety of tasks, such as cooking, cleaning, laundering, and sewing, and, naturally, more delicate, subtle, pleasurable slave tasks, such as "serving wine," and such. |
| 20 | 78 | These slaves were tunicked much as common slaves, briefly, and in a variety of colors, though, at the left hip, low, near the hem of the tunic, on the side, rather in the back, there was a small, vertical, rectangular, gray patch, which color is often used for the tunics of state slaves. |
| 20 | 79 | They looked upon the slaves in the coffle with contempt. |
| 20 | 80 | As far as Ellen knew all slaves not commonly associated with the march, except some high slaves, the latter in barred slave wagons, were in the coffle. |
| 20 | 81 | Ellen had no clear idea how many women were in the coffle. |
| 20 | 82 | Usually about ten slaves are on a single, given chain, but chains are linked together, by padlocks and posterior rings, and such. |
| 20 | 83 | Ellen estimated that there were between two hundred and fifty and three hundred women in her coffle. |