MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

Doug Millison millison at online-journalist.com
Sat Aug 24 14:48:21 CDT 2002


At 8:29 PM +0200 8/24/02, Otto wrote:
>"On a third trip south, this time to Maryland, Dixon encounters a cowardly
>slave trader beating a slave. Dixon appropriates the whip and turns it
>against the slave trader."


"turns it against"  doesn't mean "whips with" -- it can also mean,
"threatens with"

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