slave. he is of course one of the greatest americans of all time. his auto biographies about life as a slave and his struggle to become free, in addition to everything else he did in his life, those written works are some of the most influential written american accounts of anything on any subject. in narrative of the life, which is the most widely read of the three of his three autobio graphical accounts but also in the subsequent ones he wrote as well including the next one by bondage and my freedom, one of the most harrowing things he describes about his life is a year-long period where the man who owned him as a slave decided that young frederick douglas was encourageable. he decided that frederick douglas needed, in effect, to be tamed, to be broken. and so he shipped frederick douglas off to a man literally known as a slave breaker. the slave breaker was named edward covey, c-o-v-e-y. this is part of how frederick douglas describes him. he says, quote, i have now liv
tamed, to be broken. so he shipped frederick douglass off go a man literally known as a slave breaker. the slave breaker was named edward covey, c-o-v-e-y. this is part of how frederick douglass describes him. he says, quote, i have now lived with him, meaning his slave owner, nearly nine months, and he had given me a number of severe whippings, without any visible improvement in my character or any conduct. now he was resolved to put me out as he said, quote, to be broken. there was in the bay side a man named edward covey, who enjoyed the execrated reputation of being a first rate hand at breaking young negroes. breaking. frederick does las then goes on in chapter after chapter after chapter in this autobiography. chapter in this autobiography. look at this. the experience. you know, covey s manner of proceeding to whip. chapter after chapter after chapter he describes this experience, the way that edward covey tortured him and beat him nearly to death and worked him nearly
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