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1  My master was Colonel Lloyd's clerk and superintendent.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contradiction from a slave.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  Mr. Jepson's slaves would boast his ability to whip Colonel Lloyd.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Colonel Lloyd's slaves would boast his ability to buy and sell Jacob Jepson.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  The home plantation of Colonel Lloyd wore the appearance of a country village.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  To describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would be almost equal to describing the riches of Job.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  Why his career was so short, I do not know, but suppose he lacked the necessary severity to suit Colonel Lloyd.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  The same traits of character might be seen in Colonel Lloyd's slaves, as are seen in the slaves of the political parties.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  Colonel Lloyd owned so many that he did not know them when he saw them; nor did all the slaves of the out-farms know him.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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10  But it was by no means an easy employment; for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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11  Every thing depended upon the looks of the horses, and the state of Colonel Lloyd's own mind when his horses were brought to him for use.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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12  He died very soon after I went to Colonel Lloyd's; and he died as he lived, uttering, with his dying groans, bitter curses and horrid oaths.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  Colonel Lloyd kept from three to four hundred slaves on his home plantation, and owned a large number more on the neighboring farms belonging to him.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  He had ordered her not to go out evenings, and warned her that she must never let him catch her in company with a young man, who was paying attention to her belonging to Colonel Lloyd.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  Mr. Gore had served Colonel Lloyd, in the capacity of overseer, upon one of the out-farms, and had shown himself worthy of the high station of overseer upon the home or Great House Farm.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
16  I have seen Colonel Lloyd make old Barney, a man between fifty and sixty years of age, uncover his bald head, kneel down upon the cold, damp ground, and receive upon his naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at the time.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
17  When Colonel Lloyd's slaves met the slaves of Jacob Jepson, they seldom parted without a quarrel about their masters; Colonel Lloyd's slaves contending that he was the richest, and Mr. Jepson's slaves that he was the smartest, and most of a man.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
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