Beauties Of Slavery

Frederick Douglass quoteB the Statute of Maryland as follows; 0"'Any slave for rambling in the night, or riding hordes in the day time without lenve, or running away, ma y bo punished by whippinw, cropping, branding in the cheek,or other wiae - not rendering him unfit for labor.' - p. 337.0 OJ'Any slave convicted of petty treason, murdcr, or wilful burning of dwelüng houses, roay be sentenced lo hava tlie right hand cut off, to bc hanged in the usual way - nis head severcd from his body - the body divided into fourquarters,and the head and quarters Bet up in the most public plnce where such act was committed.'- Page lOO..