... also faced with hardships of starvation and brutal and senseless beatings. A prime example of this cruel behavior happened to a female slave named Nelly. She was guilty of a crime known as impudence. She tried to resist her beating, like many slaves did, and was punished twice as hard for it. "The cowardly creature made good on his every threat; and wielded the ... ...

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