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1  He said he had a great mind to give me a severe whipping.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  I saw no whipping of men; but all seemed to go smoothly on.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  My awkwardness was almost always his excuse for whipping me.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
4  Mr. Hopkins could always find some excuse for whipping a slave.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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5  He would at times seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
6  This whipping was the first of a number just like it, and for similar offences.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
7  During the first six months, of that year, scarce a week passed without his whipping me.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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8  The peculiar feature of his government was that of whipping slaves in advance of deserving it.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
9  They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and escaped whipping when most deserving it.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
10  I had lived with him nine months, during which time he had given me a number of severe whippings, all to no good purpose.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  I did not hesitate to let it be known of me, that the white man who expected to succeed in whipping, must also succeed in killing me.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER X
12  If, however, I found in my new home hardship, hunger, whipping, and nakedness, I had the consolation that I should not have escaped any one of them by staying.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
13  Before he commenced whipping Aunt Hester, he took her into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist, leaving her neck, shoulders, and back, entirely naked.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
14  All of these lived at the Great House Farm, and enjoyed the luxury of whipping the servants when they pleased, from old Barney down to William Wilkes, the coach-driver.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
15  I reached Covey's about nine o'clock; and just as I was getting over the fence that divided Mrs. Kemp's fields from ours, out ran Covey with his cowskin, to give me another whipping.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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16  I had been at my new home but one week before Mr. Covey gave me a very severe whipping, cutting my back, causing the blood to run, and raising ridges on my flesh as large as my little finger.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
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17  Aunt Hester had not only disobeyed his orders in going out, but had been found in company with Lloyd's Ned; which circumstance, I found, from what he said while whipping her, was the chief offence.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
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