Thrashed into Slavery

William had never been caned, but he had never forgotten the accounts told to him by his old friend, Caspar, as he recounted the severe canings his mother subjected him to when the pair of them misbehaved. Years later, when, by chance, he encounters the sister of Caspar’s strict mother, he would have never have dreamed that this meeting would trigger events that would lead him to being thrashed into slavery.