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| 5 | 144 | Had we been in a View more quotes about chain">chain coffle, as is common in moving slaves, the risk of assault or theft would have been considerably reduced. |
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| 5 | 141 | It provides little, or no, warmth. |
| 5 | 142 | Its purpose is to conceal the slave. |
| 5 | 143 | The masters, I gathered, outside in the darkness and confusion, did not wish to tempt ruffians, or predators, by the display of attractive slaves, poorly secured and perhaps ill-guarded. |
| 5 | 144 | Had we been in a chain coffle, as is common in moving slaves, the risk of assault or theft would have been considerably reduced. |
| 5 | 145 | A blow can render a girl unconscious. |
| 5 | 146 | A knife can quickly cut a rope. |
| 5 | 147 | And who is likely, in the darkness, men rushing about, to challenge a fellow bearing away a slave which might well be his own? We were properties, and properties can be stolen. |