Narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an

A treatise on abolition by former slave, then orator and thinker Frederick Douglass, written in 1845. 'I have had two masters. My first master's name was Anthony. I do not remember his first name. He was generally called Captain Anthony?a title which, I presume, he acquired by sailing a craft on the Chesapeake Bay. He was not considered a rich slaveholder. He owned two or three farms, and about thirty slaves. His farms and slaves were under the care of an overseer. The overseer's name was Plummer. Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel. I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.' - Excerpt from Frederick Douglass.