CHAPTER XV. THE DELEGATED PWOERS OF THE OVERSEERS Considering the judicial authority vested in the slave owner, whoever he may be (drunk or sober,) and the duty of thesheriffsand the public negro whippers to execute his decisions, (as already noticed,) this additional power of delegating his magisterial dignity and authority to whomsoever (drunk or sober) he may think proper, becomes a very remarkable one. Irresponsible himself, and absolute, he commits the same authority over the slave to a subordinate despot, responsible solely to himself.......... The slave is liable to be coerced or punished by the whip, and be tormented by every species of personal Ill-treatment, subject to the exceptions already mentioned, i.e. ( the deprivation of life and limb,) by the attorney,the manager, overseer, driver, and every other person to whose government and control the owner may choose to subject him, as fully as by the owner himself. Nor is any special mandate or express general power necessary for this purpose; it is enough that the inflict or of the violence is set over the slave for the moment, or by the owner of his delegates or sub-delegates, of whatever rank or character. from THE AMERICAN SLAVE CODE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: ITS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES SHOWN BY ITS STATUTES, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, AND ILLUSTRATIVE FACTS. BY WILLIAM GOODELL
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