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Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Girlhood and its Sorrows
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Why did Mr. Bingham, the village schoolmaster, first come to whip eighteen-year-old Elizabeth?
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She had broken a dish belonging to Mrs. Burwell
B
She had been caught reading
C
He had pledged to Mrs. Burwell to subdue what she called Elizabeth's "stubborn pride," for no offense Elizabeth could name
D
She refused to work on the Sabbath
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