Mayne Reid. The headless horseman (№ 330220)

They loved him less than God, but he feared more, though it cannot be called a bad owner compared to other slave owners. He didn't find much pleasure in torturing her slaves and was pleased when I saw that they are fed and clothed, that their skin shiny from grease. Because of these signs judged the well-being of himself their master. Sometimes he taught them with a whip-claiming that it has a beneficial effect, but on the skin of his slaves was not a single scar from severe torture, and it could boast not every slave owner of Mississippi.