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1  They never knew when they were safe from punishment.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
2  It did produce sensation, but not enough to bring the murderess to punishment.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  I could not hope to get off with any thing less than the severest punishment, and being placed beyond the means of escape.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  To escape punishment was to escape accusation; and few slaves had the fortune to do either, under the overseership of Mr. Gore.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished; the one always following the other with immutable certainty.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  He was cruel enough to inflict the severest punishment, artful enough to descend to the lowest trickery, and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding took place between himself and Master Hugh; and as a means of punishing his brother, he took me from him to live with himself at St. Michael's.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII