The Rachel Maddow Show
And so he shipped frederick douglas off to a man literally known as a slave breaker. the slave breaker was named edward covey, c-o-v-e-y. this is part of how frederick douglas describes him. he says, quote, i have now lived with him, meaning his slave owner, nearly nine months, and he had given me a number of severe whippings, without any visible improvement in my character or any conduct. now he was resolved to put me out as he said, quote, to be broken. there was in the bay side a man named edward covey, who enjoyed the kpe crated reputation of being a first rate hand at breaking young negro...
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