Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery : with an appendix, containing a list of places visited by the author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British isles, and other matter . ight miles as fast as they could ; the one on my horsegoing behind to guard me. CHAPTER IV The Author is Flogged and Punished in various ways, but still per-severes in his attempts to Escape, till he was sold to Mr. Wilson. In this way we came to my old master, Mr. Thefirst person I saw was himself; he unchained me fiom thechaise, and at first seemed to treat me very gentl
Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery : with an appendix, containing a list of places visited by the author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British isles, and other matter . ight miles as fast as they could ; the one on my horsegoing behind to guard me. CHAPTER IV The Author is Flogged and Punished in various ways, but still per-severes in his attempts to Escape, till he was sold to Mr. Wilson. In this way we came to my old master, Mr. Thefirst person I saw was himself; he unchained me fiom thechaise, and at first seemed to treat me very gently, asking FROM SLAVERY. AQ me where I had been, &c. The first thing the sons did wasto show the rasp which I had got-to cut my chain. My mas-ter gave me a hearty dinner, the best he ever did give lue ;but it was to keep me from dying before he had given me allthe flogging he intended. After dinner he took me to alof-house, stripped me quite naked, fastened a rail up veryhigh, tied my hands to the rail, fastened my feet together,put a rail between my feet, and stood on one. end of it to holdme down ; the two sons theu gave me fifty lashes eaeh, theson-in-law another fifty, and Mr. Gooch himself fifty MR. GOOCH STRIPPING THE AUTHER TO FLOG HIM, HIS TWOSONS AND SON-IN-LAW PRESENT. THEY AT THIS TIME GIVEHIM FIFTY LASHES EACH. While doing this his wife came out, and begged him not tokill me, the first act of sympathy I ever noticed in I called for water, they brought a pail-full and threwit over my back ploughed up by the lashes. After this, theytook me to the blacksmiths shop, got two large bars of iron,which they bent round my feet, eaeh bar vmghuig iwmtypounds, and put a heavy log-chain on my neck. This was oaSaturday. On the Monday, he chained me to the same B 26 ropers escape female slave as before. As he had to go out that day, he didnot give me the punishment which he intended to give meevery day, but at night when he came home, he made uswalk round his estate
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