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Title: Life and times of Frederick Douglass
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Antislavery movements Slavery
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Park
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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metimes seek to gainfavor with the slaves, by indulging in a little pleasantry; butGore never said a funny thing, or perpetrated a joke. Hewas always cold, distant, and unapproachable—the overseeron Col. Edward Lloyds plantation—and needed no higherpleasure than the performance of the duties of his office.When he used the lash, it was from a sense of duty, withoutfear of consequences. There was a stern will, an iron-likereality about him, which would easily have made him chief ofa band of pirates, had his environments been favorable tosuch a sphere. Among many other deeds of shocking crueltycommitted by him was the murder of a young colored mannamed Bill Denby. He was a powerful fellow, full of animalspirits, and one of the most valuable of Col. Lloyds slaves.In some way—I know not what—he offended this Mr. AustinGore, and in accordance with the usual custom the latterundertook to flog him. He had given him but few stripeswhen Denby broke away from him, plunged into the creek,
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Gore Shooting Denby. gores defense. 75 and standing there with the water up to his neck refused tocome out; whereupon, for this refusal, Gore shot Mm dead!It was said that Gore gave Denby three calls to come out,telling him if he did not obey the last call he should shoothim. When the last call was given Denby still stood hisground, and Gore, without further parley, or without makingany further effort to induce obedience, raised his gun deliber-ately to his face, took deadly aim at his standing victim, andwith one click of the gun the mangled body sank out of sight,and only his warm red blood marked the place where he hadstood. This fiendish murder produced, as it could not help doing,a tremendous sensation. The slaves were panic-stricken, andhowled with alarm. The atrocity roused my old master, andhe spoke out in reprobation of it. Both he and Col. Lloydarraigned Gore for his cruelty; but he, calm and collected, asthough nothing unusual had happened, declared that Denbyhad become unm

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