"The slaves go to the field in the morning; they carry with them corn meal wet with water, and at noon build a fire on the ground and bake it in the ashes. After the labors of the day are over, they take their second meal of ash-cake."
President Edwards, the younger.
"The slaves eat twice during the day."
Mr. Eleazar Powell, Chippewa, Beaver county, Penn., who resided in Mississippi in 1836 and 1837.
"The slaves received two meals during the day. Those who have their food cooked for them get their breakfast about eleven o'clock, and their other meal after night."
Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins, Waterford, Conn., who spent eleven winters in North Carolina.
"The breakfast of the slaves was generally about ten or eleven o'clock."
Rev. Phineas Smith, Centreville, N.Y., who has lived at the south some years.
"The slaves have usually two meals a day, viz: at eleven o'clock and at night."
Rev. C.S. Renshaw, Quincy, Illinois—the testimony of a Virginian.