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Chapter VII

chattel belongings; property; slaves.

divest her of this heavenly quality take away the goodness in her.

Columbian Orator a collection of classic speeches, dialogues, and plays edited by Caleb Bingham and published in 1797. Douglass patterned his own lectures after these classic speeches.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) an Irish playwright who argued for Irish emancipation from English rule.

larboard the left-hand side of a ship, facing forward.

starboard the right-hand side of a ship, facing forward.

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