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into the kitchen, and stripped her from neck to waist, leaving her neck, shoulders, and back, entirely naked. He then told her to cross her hands....After crossing her hands, he tied them with a strong rope, and led her to a stool under a large hook in the joist, put in for the purpose. He made her get upon the stool, and tied her hands to the hook.....Her arms were stretched up at their full length, so she stood upon the ends of her toes.....he commenced to lay on the heavy cowskin, and soon the warm, red blood came dripping to the floor." (pgs. 42- 43) Several more times, we are told of the horrible realities of violence among slavery. In chapter four, the death of a young girl, between the ages of 15 and 16, was mangled. Her nose and breastbone were broken with a stick. Chapter ten details Frederick's own beating. "He ordered me to take off my clothes. I made him no answer, but stood with my clothes on. He repeated his order. I still made him no answer, nor did I strip myself. ...

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