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lither before you did much to incur the
total dis- \i.l I •' v\l
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fonn!i of rebellious behavior OI! the part of their
know to what
pitiable slaves. When is the last time I have had . obedience of Wbitechapel, and you
reason to order a public beating of a slave? Only the · specific incideii.t J refer without me havmg to re- L V (_ � jl
other week I read in The Virginian thafa man tried to collect the ghastly details. You've seen for
yourself ':f (
over ·the ?�
shoot an apple from the head of his slave �f some how the old man's · behavior has shown J
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r's deat h, that be bear s y ou not I\ y IA V\Y'
twenty paces. The terrified slave ran from the man•s years since your fath e . JvvO 5
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.� arm and the man shot him for_ it. This inhuman dis- a shred o f mal ice fo r that act p erp etra ;
much C O O l,
is sim p y too
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, · play parading! as discipline is a regular occurrence on father against his wife. There l

, � tiiese so-called 'tightly run' operations. I tell you all history between us alI to justify what -you
did last
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the evidence supports my belief that as a long-term. night.. Too much. What began as a single threa :��
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neasurc it is a dis ter. Contrary to their arguments, gen erati ons , wov en itsel f into . p
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1S no goodm :ff,�i

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such rough handling "".
provides rougher responses. c arpe t that cann ot b e unw ove n1T here
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1he huma n spirit is p-�e in some but nature pretending that a_ sing le thre ad of cau se
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t IS rebellious m most. Afncans may
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The management lS best exemplified b an plexi ty and beh ave res
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JCcts of God, though blessed witl esser faculti ·, and o,\- ,, ·chaos. · . :�'\
fl'I"'-' l lost his seco n d wife to_ your father.
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c� oncile t� approa ch of mine with your beliefs (\ 01°. y OU kno w tha t. She wa s p ure and �sullied , until he
ape stay ;fU\I}. S
laid rutnds on her. Nevertheless, Whitech _:·l_�
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then I must ask you to surrender your office as my
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overseer. If you hold what I have rudely outlined to � : er ·after the birth of the boy

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you t� be true then you must adroit that the events of : i.· yourself. Your father said. you knew
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fast mght were contrary to it and accordingly were know. He assured iny father of this fact ::�
wro1�g on your part. My fine is therefore fair. There took this to mea n that y wer e fully informed. · ft
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wn. In all the
is much hard repair work to be done to win the Whitechapel raised the boy as his o
obedience �f the likes of Whitechapel again. But I years he told him nothing of his fori:ed
conception. I
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grant you 11 must be done. I renrind you that your thought you knew this. It wonld have \jl

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