Female heroism, and tales of the western worldWesleyan-Methodist Book-Room, 2, Castle St., City Rd., E.C., 1880 - 212 pages |
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... master , a slave - oppressor of the most re- volting type . Born in slavery , Katy had from her birth , like multitudes around her , been plundered of all human rights , and treated as if she belonged to a class of inferior beings . She ...
... master , a slave - oppressor of the most re- volting type . Born in slavery , Katy had from her birth , like multitudes around her , been plundered of all human rights , and treated as if she belonged to a class of inferior beings . She ...
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... master hastens to summon around him the servile agents of his cruelty , -the drivers of the plantation ; and then is enacted a tragedy the relation of which calls up a vivid recol- lection of the closing scenes in the life of " Uncle ...
... master hastens to summon around him the servile agents of his cruelty , -the drivers of the plantation ; and then is enacted a tragedy the relation of which calls up a vivid recol- lection of the closing scenes in the life of " Uncle ...
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... master is satisfied and exhausted nature gives way in the suffering victim . The strong man is crushed . Even before the torturing process is ended , and while the cruel lash still falls in successive strokes , fierce shrieks gradually ...
... master is satisfied and exhausted nature gives way in the suffering victim . The strong man is crushed . Even before the torturing process is ended , and while the cruel lash still falls in successive strokes , fierce shrieks gradually ...
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... master , the limp , helpless frame is lifted up by the same hands which have been employed in inflicting upon it such cruel suffering , and flung into the cabin . No bed is there - no couch - only the dirt floor for the victim to lie ...
... master , the limp , helpless frame is lifted up by the same hands which have been employed in inflicting upon it such cruel suffering , and flung into the cabin . No bed is there - no couch - only the dirt floor for the victim to lie ...
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... master , after her husband's death , increased his exactions and rendered her tasks more and more severe and ex- hausting , she contrived to gain and save a little during the intervals of her daily toil . Possessed of shrewd FEMALE ...
... master , after her husband's death , increased his exactions and rendered her tasks more and more severe and ex- hausting , she contrived to gain and save a little during the intervals of her daily toil . Possessed of shrewd FEMALE ...
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