Vulgar words in The Underground Railroad - A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. (Page 1)
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For as he looked earnestly into the fact, that he was only regarded by his owner in the light of an ox, or an ass, his manhood rebelled straightway, and the true light of freedom told him, that he must be willing to labor, and endure suffering for the great prize, liberty.
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"David, my master, drank all he could get, poured it down, and when drunk, would cuss, and tear, and rip, and beat.
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The overseers were poor white trash; he would give them about sixty dollars a year."
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First thing in the morning and last thing at night, you would hear him cussing--he would cuss in bed.
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This made master and mistress 'cuss' all hands at a great rate, and master beat all hands except the one that told.
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'Oh master, I will pray for you, I would cry, then he would 'cuss' harder than ever.'