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W.H. Bra.s.seale, sheriff; Blount county, Ala., in the ”Huntsville Democrat,” June 9, 1838.
”Committed to jail, a negro slave named James--_much scarred_ with a whip on his back.”
Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Ga., in the ”Georgia Messenger,” July 27, 1837.
”Ranaway, my man Fountain--he is marked _on the back with the whip.”_
Mr. John Wotton, Rockville, Montgomery county, Maryland, in the ”Baltimore Republican,” Jan. 13, 1838.
”Ranaway, Bill--has _several_ LARGE SCARS on his back from a _severe_ whipping in _early life.”_
D.S. Bennett, sheriff, Natchitoches, La., in the ”Herald,” July 21, 1838.
”Committed to jail, a negro boy who calls himself Joe--said negro bears _marks of the whip.”_
Messrs. C.C. Whitehead, and R.A. Evans, Marion, Georgia, in the Milledgeville (Ga.) ”Standard of Union,” June 26, 1838.
”Ranaway, negro fellow John--from being whipped, has _scars on his back, arms, and thighs.”_
Mr. Samuel Stewart, Greensboro', Ala., in the ”Southern Advocate,”
Huntsville, Jan. 6, 1838.
”Ranaway, a boy named Jim--with the marks of the _whip_ on the small of the back, reaching round to the flank.”
Mr. John Walker, No. 6, Banks' Arcade New Orleans, in the ”Bulletin,”
August 11, 1838.
”Ranaway, the mulatto boy Quash--_considerably marked_ on the back and other places with the lash.”
Mr. Jesse Beene, Cahawba, Ala., in the ”State Intelligencer,”
Tuskaloosa, Dec. 25, 1837.
”Ranaway, my negro man Billy--he has the _marks of the_ whip.”
Mr. John Turner, Thomaston, Upson county, Georgia--in the ”Standard of Union,” Milledgeville, June 26, 1838.
”Left, my negro man named George--has _marks of the whip very plain on his thighs.”_
James Derrah, deputy sheriff; Claiborne county, Mi., in the ”Port Gibson Correspondent,” April 15, 1837.
”Committed to jail, negro man Toy--he has been _badly whipped.”_