"Ranaway, Bill—has several LARGE SCARS on his back from a severe whipping in early life."
D.S. Bennett, sheriff, Natchitoches, La., in the "Herald," July 21, 1838.
"Committed to jail, a negro boy who calls himself Joe—said negro bears marks of the whip."
Messrs. C.C. Whitehead, and R.A. Evans, Marion, Georgia, in the Milledgeville (Ga.) "Standard of Union," June 26, 1838.
"Ranaway, negro fellow John—from being whipped, has scars on his back, arms, and thighs."
Mr. Samuel Stewart, Greensboro', Ala., in the "Southern Advocate," Huntsville, Jan. 6, 1838.
"Ranaway, a boy named Jim—with the marks of the whip on the small of the back, reaching round to the flank."
Mr. John Walker, No. 6, Banks' Arcade New Orleans, in the "Bulletin," August 11, 1838.
"Ranaway, the mulatto boy Quash—considerably marked on the back and other places with the lash."
Mr. Jesse Beene, Cahawba, Ala., in the "State Intelligencer," Tuskaloosa, Dec. 25, 1837.