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1  He would whip her to make her scream, and whip her to make her hush; and not until overcome by fatigue, would he cease to swing the blood-clotted cowskin.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
2  I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother's release.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
3  I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
4  I have seen Winder make one of the house-servants stand off from him a suitable distance to be touched with the end of his whip, and at every stroke raise great ridges upon his back.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
5  I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
6  Mr. Severe, the overseer, used to stand by the door of the quarter, armed with a large hickory stick and heavy cowskin, ready to whip any one who was so unfortunate as not to hear, or, from any other cause, was prevented from being ready to start for the field at the sound of the horn.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
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