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| 25 | 285 | Our View more quotes about bodies">bodies are commonly much exposed, and this makes it imperative to carry them well. |
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| 25 | 282 | We are to be such that we could be brought responsibly, and plausibly, to the block, at any time, not that we are to be sold but that we are to be such as are obviously vendible. |
| 25 | 283 | We are to keep ourselves clean and well-groomed. |
| 25 | 284 | Our posture, our carriage, and our figures are to be such as would be likely to inspire envy and hatred in a free woman. |
| 25 | 285 | Our bodies are commonly much exposed, and this makes it imperative to carry them well. |
| 25 | 286 | Whereas there is a considerable variety in the figures of slaves, with respect to the presence or absence of a pound here and there, there are few, if any, obese slaves. |
| 25 | 287 | We are not free women, who may be as unclean, unkempt, disgusting, and fat as they wish. |
| 25 | 288 | Indeed, it is one of the transitions faced by the free woman reduced to bondage, that she must now, tunicked, even camisked, certainly well displayed, become exciting, attractive, and desirable. |