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1  This garden was not the least source of trouble on the plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
2  He was continued in his station as overseer upon the home plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  They lived in one house, upon the home plantation of Colonel Edward Lloyd.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
4  I spent two years of childhood on this plantation in my old master's family.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The home plantation of Colonel Lloyd wore the appearance of a country village.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
6  The names of the farms nearest to the home plantation were Wye Town and New Design.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
7  A thrill of horror flashed through every soul upon the plantation, excepting Mr. Gore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the bloody scenes that often occurred on the plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
9  The plantation is about twelve miles north of Easton, in Talbot county, and is situated on the border of Miles River.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
10  As to my own treatment while I lived on Colonel Lloyd's plantation, it was very similar to that of the other slave children.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
11  I had always lived with my grandmother on the outskirts of the plantation, where she was put to raise the children of the younger women.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
12  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
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
13  The overseers of these, and all the rest of the farms, numbering over twenty, received advice and direction from the managers of the home plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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14  The shoemaking and mending, the blacksmithing, cartwrighting, coopering, weaving, and grain-grinding, were all performed by the slaves on the home plantation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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15  These were esteemed very highly by the other slaves, and looked upon as the privileged ones of the plantation; for it was no small affair, in the eyes of the slaves, to be allowed to see Baltimore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
16  Whilst I am detailing bloody deeds which took place during my stay on Colonel Lloyd's plantation, I will briefly narrate another, which occurred about the same time as the murder of Demby by Mr. Gore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
17  It was here that I witnessed the bloody transaction recorded in the first chapter; and as I received my first impressions of slavery on this plantation, I will give some description of it, and of slavery as it there existed.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
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