That slaves are branded with hot irons, and very much scarred with the whip.
7.

That _iron collars_, with projecting prongs, rendering it almost impossible for the wearer to lie down, are fastened upon the _necks of women_.
8.

That the LASH is the MAIN SUPPORT of the slaveholder's authority: but, that the _stocks_ are "a powerful auxiliary" to his government.
9.

That runaway slaves are chased with dogs--men hunted like beasts of prey.
Such is American Slavery in practice.
The testimony thus far adduced is only that of the slaveholder and wrong-doer himself: the admission of men who have a direct interest in keeping out of sight the horrors of their system.

It is besides no voluntary admission.