was further stress when Douglass again witnessed a particular incident while under the care of Mr.Gore, decided Demby, Douglas's fellow slave, had become "unmanageable" because he failed to comply with a simple command. Gore, without any provocation shot Demby in the head, "His mangled body sank out of sight, and blood and brains marked the water where he had stood."(33) Although Mr. Gore committed murder, he was able to justify his deed merely by admitting th
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