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| 26 | 1280 | To be View more quotes about sure">sure, sometimes a slave new to her collar, a recent free woman, must be whipped from the house before she can bring herself to appear so clad on the street. |
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| 26 | 1277 | Thus, if the women are slaves, they will have them so clad, "slave clad," as the expression is. |
| 26 | 1278 | The garmenture of the slave, of course, at least officially, or at any rate in the lore of free women, is intended to be shameful, and to demean the slave. |
| 26 | 1279 | I do not think, of course, that it actually has this effect, or anything like it. |
| 26 | 1280 | To be sure, sometimes a slave new to her collar, a recent free woman, must be whipped from the house before she can bring herself to appear so clad on the street. |
| 26 | 1281 | Her discomfiture, of course, muchly delights other slaves, who may then follow her about, publicly calling attention to her legs, and such. |
| 26 | 1282 | And in such garments, certainly, we must acknowledge that the slave, by intent, in accord with the imperious will of masters, is well-bared, that she is muchly exposed, that she is well exhibited, that she is well displayed, and such. |
| 26 | 1283 | But I do not think that such garmenture, slave garments, is demeaning, or shameful, at least not for a slave. |