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Life as a Slave
Chapter 18
Another Pressure of the Tyrant’s Vice
Collapsing from heatstroke in the treading yard, Douglass walks seven bleeding miles to beg Thomas Auld's protection from Covey — and is coldly sent back, Auld dismissing the whole account as malingering.
Collapse from heat exhaustion under CoveyThe seven-mile walk to St. Michael's for helpThomas Auld's refusal to interveneThe slaveholders' stock claim that slaves feign sickness